Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.90046, -1.12338
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Great Spotted Woodpecker
- ✦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
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Great Spotted Woodpecker
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Mammals — Hedgehog, Muntjac, Roe Deer +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Small White, Banded Demoiselle +307 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cross Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Bicester West Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Langford Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sycamore Roadpublic footpath · 16 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 16 mPath type: residential
Skinner Roadpublic footpath · 104 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 104 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Ancil Avenuepublic footpath · 37 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 37 mPath type: residential
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
BR1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef BR1Local cycle route
BR10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef BR10Local cycle route
BR11Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
BR22Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
BR15Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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St Mary's church, Launton
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Wildlife to spot
10,518 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,518 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greenfinch · Chaffinch · Great Tit +23
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
Red Fox · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Brown Long-eared Bat +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana
Beautiful Demoiselle · Banded Demoiselle · Dock Bug · Azure Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird +9
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,518 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greenfinch · Chaffinch · Great Tit +23
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
Red Fox · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Brown Long-eared Bat +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana
Beautiful Demoiselle · Banded Demoiselle · Dock Bug · Azure Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird +9
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chorthippus albomarginatus
Chorthippus albomarginatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus