Former World War I National Filling Factory, Banbury
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.05883, -1.30593
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Jackdaw +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Jackdaw +61 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, White Dead-nettle, Wood Avens +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold LinkWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRegional walking route
Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Grimsbury 5km ShortcutWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route5 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route374 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 374 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
10,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
7-spot Ladybird · Non-biting midges · Trichocera · Trichocera regelationis · Box Bug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- TrichoceraTrichocera
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Sweet Violet · Red Dead-nettle · Hairy Bitter-cress · Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop +6
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
7-spot Ladybird · Non-biting midges · Trichocera · Trichocera regelationis · Box Bug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- TrichoceraTrichocera
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Sweet Violet · Red Dead-nettle · Hairy Bitter-cress · Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop +6
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
