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Getting here
51.87617, -1.36352
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Wootton Stores — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Wootton Stores — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Soprano Pipistrelle, Pipistrelle, Brown Long-eared Bat +15 more · last seen 2023; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — False Oat-grass, Cock's-foot, Common Nettle +76 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 4 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
Williams Hillpublic footpath · 119 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 119 mPath type: service
Top Lanepublic footpath · 419 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 419 mPath type: service
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Blenheim Community PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route368 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 368 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,306 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Jackdaw · Pheasant +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2023▾
Brown Hare · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Badger · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Azure Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami +16
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Bramble · Ribwort Plantain · Creeping Thistle +38
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Upright BromeBromopsis erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Jackdaw · Pheasant +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2023▾
Brown Hare · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Badger · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Azure Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami +16
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Bramble · Ribwort Plantain · Creeping Thistle +38
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Upright BromeBromopsis erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2023Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023EyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaDandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023HollyIlex aquifolium2023HollyIlex aquifolium2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Hairy VioletViola hirta2023Hairy VioletViola hirta2023ClematisClematis2023ClematisClematis2023CowslipPrimula veris2023CowslipPrimula veris2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023RoseRosa2023RoseRosa2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2023Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023AgrimonyAgrimonia2023AgrimonyAgrimonia2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2023Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023Quaking-grassBriza media2023Quaking-grassBriza media2023Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023