Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.87225, -1.48474
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Charlbury Deli & Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Charlbury Deli & Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Church of St Mary; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Small White +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route756 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 756 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route449 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 449 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route430 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 430 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Crawboroughbridleway · 293 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 293 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
Watery Lanerestricted byway · 297 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 297 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
St Mary's church, Charlbury
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Wildlife to spot
9,703 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,703 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer · Jackdaw +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RavenCorvus corax
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Non-biting midges · Common Blue Damselfly · Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Cymatia coleoptrata +37
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Sigara (Subsigara) fossarumSigara (Subsigara) fossarum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Cymatia coleoptrataCymatia coleoptrata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,703 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer · Jackdaw +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RavenCorvus corax
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Non-biting midges · Common Blue Damselfly · Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Cymatia coleoptrata +37
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Sigara (Subsigara) fossarumSigara (Subsigara) fossarum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Cymatia coleoptrataCymatia coleoptrata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Pondskater
Common Pondskater
Gerris (Gerris) lacustris
Gerris (Gerris) lacustris
Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulataMicrovelia (Microvelia) reticulataMicrovelia (Microvelia) reticulataMicrovelia (Microvelia) reticulataLeptocerus tineiformisLeptocerus tineiformisLeptocerus tineiformisLeptocerus tineiformisRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasSigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleniGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorPondweed BugMesovelia furcataPondweed BugMesovelia furcataMicronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtziMicronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtziMicronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtziMicronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtziEphemera vulgataEphemera vulgataEphemera vulgataEphemera vulgataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaChrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivumEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata