Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Edmund
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🚲 Cycling
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Vale of White Horse Getting here
51.67475, -1.27771
Open directionsv 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 🚴 Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via National Cycle Network Route 5 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🚴 Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via National Cycle Network Route 5 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 5
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, 16-spot Ladybird +9 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, 16-spot Ladybird +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named hiking route nearby: The Vale Way
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 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 Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map Ramblers Jubilee Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Vale Way Walking route 43 km ▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named route Length 43 km Local walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking 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 route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Broad Street public footpath · 29 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 29 m Path type: unclassified
Show on map Northcourt Walk public footpath · 2 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 2 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map Northcourt Walk public footpath · 105 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 105 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map 67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Eaton - Wootton Cycling route ▾
Named route Xcn
Show on map Route 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 7 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 Local cycle route
Show on map Wootton-Kennington Cycling route ▾
Named route Xcn
Show on map Didcot to Culham Science Centre Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
86,843 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 86,843 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +41
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Redwing Turdus iliacus Gadwall Mareca strepera House Sparrow Passer domesticus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Hedgehog · Indian Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Indian Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 16-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 86,843 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +41
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Redwing Turdus iliacus Gadwall Mareca strepera House Sparrow Passer domesticus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Hedgehog · Indian Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Indian Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 16-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi
Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi
Pellitory Beauty Cosmopterix pulchrimella
Pellitory Beauty Cosmopterix pulchrimella 