Park Hill Recreation Ground
5 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.82612, -1.28999
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, House Sparrow +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, House Sparrow +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Dock Bug +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
107 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
A40 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Park Hill Recreation Ground
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Wildlife to spot
18,603 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,603 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Magpie · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +38
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Earwig · Limnephilidae · Dock Bug · Parent Bug · Syrphus +7
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,603 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Magpie · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +38
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Earwig · Limnephilidae · Dock Bug · Parent Bug · Syrphus +7
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas