🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.75145, -1.23059
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 20 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
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sandpit WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cuckoo Lanepublic footpath · 168 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 168 mSurface asphaltIncline downPath type: footway
Mileway Gardenspublic footpath · 185 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 185 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Cuckoo Lanepublic footpath · 27 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 27 mSurface sandPath type: footway
140 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Route 8aCycling route▾
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Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
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Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
58,160 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
58,160 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Canada Goose +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Badger · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pea-leaf Weevil · Notiophilus biguttatus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Glyphotaelius pellucidus +5
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus
- Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides
- Rose Chafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
58,160 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Canada Goose +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Badger · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pea-leaf Weevil · Notiophilus biguttatus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Glyphotaelius pellucidus +5
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus
- Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides
- Rose Chafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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