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Oxbury Wood

✦ Ancient woodland6 ha

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens, Flavoplaca limonia, Flavoplaca austrocitrina +120 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens, Flavoplaca limonia, Flavoplaca austrocitrina +120 more · last seen 2015

Varies

Foraging

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Garlic Mustard, Dandelion +21 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Spear Thistle, White Dead-nettle, Greater Plantain +202 more · last seen 2018

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths
Cakebread's Lanebridleway · 579 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 579 mPath type: track
Cakebread's Lanebridleway · 583 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 583 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Hay Field Near Oxbury Wood

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hay Field Near Oxbury Wood

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🌱Hill GreenUrban park3.2 km→🌱Jubilee FieldUrban park3.2 km→⛪St Nicholas's ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→✦Anstey motte and bailey castleHistoric site4.4 km→✦St John's Pelham moated site and fishponds.Historic site3.7 km→✦The Crump: a ringwork 600m south of BerdenHistoric site3.7 km→

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