Shipton-on-Cherwell churchyard cross
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.84552, -1.30425
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Otter, Roe Deer, Common Pipistrelle +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Hairy Spider Weevil, Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber +215 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Bee Orchid, Field Bindweed +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 19 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
79 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
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Blenheim Community PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Cutteslowe-IslipCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
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Holy Cross church in Shipton-on-Cherwell
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