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🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.61356, -1.41627
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Vale WayWalking route43 km▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grove/King Alfred School (West)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 544Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 544National Cycle Network
Wantage/GroveCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Vale Cycle LinksCycling route▾
Proposed Kingsgrove to Wantage Town Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wantage to Harwell Campus (Icknield Greenway)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
55,158 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
55,158 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow +23
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
55,158 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow +23
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes
Eupeodes
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaMelangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalmaMelangyna lasiophthalmaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEvents & activities nearby
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