Knighton's Copse
✦ Ancient woodland44 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome44 ha
Getting here
51.86554, -1.52470
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
Patch Ridingpublic footpath · 3.3 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3.3 kmPath type: footway
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route756 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 756 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route449 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 449 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route430 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 430 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,089 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,089 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Blue Tit · Blackbird +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Mole
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
Athous bicolor · Cream-spot Ladybird · Abax parallelepipedus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cantharis rustica +6
- Athous bicolorAthous bicolor2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,089 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Skylark · Blue Tit · Blackbird +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Mole
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
Athous bicolor · Cream-spot Ladybird · Abax parallelepipedus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cantharis rustica +6
- Athous bicolorAthous bicolor2025
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2025Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025Events & activities nearby
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