Plan your visit
🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🧺 Picnic
Public access Dogs welcome 18 ha
Getting here
51.75343, -1.24438
Open directionsv Magdalen College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and one of the strongest academically, setting the record for the highest Norrington Score in 2010 and topping the table twice since then.
Read more on Wikipedia → Charitable organization Grade I listed park and garden c. 1458
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 62+ 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 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 62+ 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 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: MAGDALEN COLLEGE, CLOISTER, GREAT QUADRANGLE; Historic site with public access
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 21 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oxford Green Belt Way Walking route 87 km ▾
Named route Length 87 km Regional walking route
Show on map Oxfordshire Way Walking route 110 km ▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named route Ref OW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map Boundary Patrol Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sandpit Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Northwood Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Cuckoo Lane public footpath · 168 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 168 m Surface asphalt Incline down Path type: footway
Show on map Cuckoo Lane public footpath · 234 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 234 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map Cuckoo Lane public footpath · 136 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 136 m Surface asphalt Incline down Path type: footway
Show on map 139 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Photos Magdalen College from the Cherwell
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Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
59,338 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 59,338 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Canada Goose +25
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greylag Goose Anser anser Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Dunnock Prunella modularis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Badger · Muntjac
Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Vine Weevil · Notiophilus biguttatus +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Notiophilus biguttatus Notiophilus biguttatus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Saucer Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 59,338 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Canada Goose +25
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greylag Goose Anser anser Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Dunnock Prunella modularis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Badger · Muntjac
Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Vine Weevil · Notiophilus biguttatus +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Notiophilus biguttatus Notiophilus biguttatus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Saucer Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ilyocoris cimicoides
Ilyocoris cimicoides
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
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