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St John the Baptist Church

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.67973, -1.41188

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 298m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 298m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Box Tree Moth, Scarlet Tiger +124 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Box Tree Moth, Scarlet Tiger +124 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Marcham Jubilee WalksWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Windrush PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Thames PathWalking route296 km

Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Eaton - WoottonCycling route

Named routeXcn

Eaton-FyfieldCycling route

Named routeXcn

Botley-EatonCycling route

Named routeXcn

Wootton-FyfieldCycling route

Named routeXcn

Vale Cycle LinksCycling route

Named route

Netherton - Hinton WaldristCycling route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

5,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2026

Blackcap · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +59

BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red KiteMilvus milvus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
SwiftApus apus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
NuthatchSitta europaea2019

🦌

Mammals12 species

spring

2026

Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Badger · Roe Deer · Muntjac +7

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
PolecatMustela putorius2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Indet. DeerCervidae2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2024

Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021

🐝

Insects127 species

summer

2025

Small White · Box Tree Moth · Scarlet Tiger · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +122

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2023
Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021
PeacockAglais io2019
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2023
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2021
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Small MagpieAnania hortulata2023
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
Yellow-spot Yarrow MothDichrorampha petiverella2021
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2024
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2023
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2021
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2021
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2021
Thistle ErmineMyelois circumvoluta2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Lesser Common RusticMesapamea didyma2019
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Pale-collared CarverRhogogaster chlorosoma
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
SyrphusSyrphus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Apple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatus
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2024
Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2023
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2023
Svensson's/Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea/berbera subsp. svenssoni2023
Heart & ClubAgrotis clavis2023
Netted TortrixAcleris forsskaleana2023
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2023
Pale Oak BeautyHypomecis punctinalis2023
White-foot MothEpiblema foenella2023
Red-barred TortrixDitula angustiorana2023
PondskaterGerris2023
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2023
Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera2023
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli2023
Beautiful China-markNymphula nitidulata2023
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2023
Peppered MothBiston betularia2022
HornetVespa crabro2021
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2021
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2021
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2021
RusticHoplodrina blanda2021
Diamond-back MothPlutella xylostella2021
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2021
Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus2021
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2021
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2021
Plum TortrixHedya pruniana2021
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2021
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2021
PolydrususPolydrusus2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2021
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2021
Large NutmegApamea anceps2021
MulleinCucullia verbasci2021
Silver YAutographa gamma2021
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica2021
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2021
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2021
Brachycaudus (Acaudus) klugkistiBrachycaudus (Acaudus) klugkisti2021
Common Fern MothPsychoides filicivora2021
Least Hawthorn DotStigmella perpygmaeella2020
Maple DotStigmella aceris2020
Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2020
Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae2020
Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2020
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2020
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2020
Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria2020
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2020
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2020
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2020
Hypericum DotFomoria septembrella2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Bright StrawAgapeta zoegana2019
Lesser Tawny CrescentBatia lunaris2019
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,571 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

spring

2026

Blackcap · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +59

BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red KiteMilvus milvus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
SwiftApus apus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
NuthatchSitta europaea2019

🦌

Mammals12 species

spring

2026

Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Badger · Roe Deer · Muntjac +7

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
PolecatMustela putorius2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Indet. DeerCervidae2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2024

Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021

🐝

Insects127 species

summer

2025

Small White · Box Tree Moth · Scarlet Tiger · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +122

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2023
Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021
PeacockAglais io2019
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2023
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2021
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Small MagpieAnania hortulata2023
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
Yellow-spot Yarrow MothDichrorampha petiverella2021
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2024
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2023
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2021
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2021
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2021
Thistle ErmineMyelois circumvoluta2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Lesser Common RusticMesapamea didyma2019
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Pale-collared CarverRhogogaster chlorosoma
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
SyrphusSyrphus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Apple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatus
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2024
Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2023
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2023
Svensson's/Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea/berbera subsp. svenssoni2023
Heart & ClubAgrotis clavis2023
Netted TortrixAcleris forsskaleana2023
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2023
Pale Oak BeautyHypomecis punctinalis2023
White-foot MothEpiblema foenella2023
Red-barred TortrixDitula angustiorana2023
PondskaterGerris2023
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2023
Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera2023
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli2023
Beautiful China-markNymphula nitidulata2023
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2023
Peppered MothBiston betularia2022
HornetVespa crabro2021
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2021
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2021
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2021
RusticHoplodrina blanda2021
Diamond-back MothPlutella xylostella2021
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2021
Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus2021
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2021
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2021
Plum TortrixHedya pruniana2021
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2021
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2021
PolydrususPolydrusus2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2021
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2021
Large NutmegApamea anceps2021
MulleinCucullia verbasci2021
Silver YAutographa gamma2021
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica2021
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2021
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2021
Brachycaudus (Acaudus) klugkistiBrachycaudus (Acaudus) klugkisti2021
Common Fern MothPsychoides filicivora2021
Least Hawthorn DotStigmella perpygmaeella2020
Maple DotStigmella aceris2020
Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2020
Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae2020
Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2020
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2020
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2020
Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria2020
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2020
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2020
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2020
Hypericum DotFomoria septembrella2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Bright StrawAgapeta zoegana2019
Lesser Tawny CrescentBatia lunaris2019
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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