Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.71191, -1.22759
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kingfisher and Goldcrest
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Sandford Talking Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kingfisher and Goldcrest
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Sandford Talking Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Kingfisher, Goldcrest, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Kingfisher, Goldcrest, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax, Syritta pipiens +117 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
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Sandpit WalkWalking route▾
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Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare Waypublic footpath · 66 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 66 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
Church Roadpublic footpath · 58 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mPath type: residential
Heyford Hill Lanepublic footpath · 988 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 988 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
113 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
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Route 8Cycling route▾
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Henley Road, Sandford-on-Thames
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
35,786 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,786 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Wren · Kingfisher +23
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Blue Shieldbug · Dotted Bee-fly · Phaonia subventa · Harlequin Ladybird +22
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,786 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Wren · Kingfisher +23
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Blue Shieldbug · Dotted Bee-fly · Phaonia subventa · Harlequin Ladybird +22
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
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