Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.85988, -1.59573
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Robin, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Mammals — Muntjac, Bat, Badger +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Field Grasshopper, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Common Red Soldier Beetle +26 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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
Main RouteCycling route5.3 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 5.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipton-under-Wychwood
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Wildlife to spot
11,487 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,487 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Green Woodpecker · Robin · Little Owl · Woodpigeon +23
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Badger · Muntjac · Bat · Red Fox · Squirrel +6
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BatChiroptera
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- SquirrelSciurus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Frog
Fannia armata · Fannia · Dicraeus vagans · Fannia similis · Cecidomyiidae +45
- Fannia armataFannia armata
- FanniaFannia
- Dicraeus vagansDicraeus vagans
- Fannia similisFannia similis
- CecidomyiidaeCecidomyiidae
- ContariniaContarinia
- Ooctonus hemipterusOoctonus hemipterus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,487 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Green Woodpecker · Robin · Little Owl · Woodpigeon +23
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Badger · Muntjac · Bat · Red Fox · Squirrel +6
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BatChiroptera
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- SquirrelSciurus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Frog
Fannia armata · Fannia · Dicraeus vagans · Fannia similis · Cecidomyiidae +45
- Fannia armataFannia armata
- FanniaFannia
- Dicraeus vagansDicraeus vagans
- Fannia similisFannia similis
- CecidomyiidaeCecidomyiidae
- ContariniaContarinia
- Ooctonus hemipterusOoctonus hemipterus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bats
Bats
Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae
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