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The Oaks

✦ Ancient woodland24 ha

📷 Andrew Curtis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome24 ha

Getting here

55.30635, -2.10602

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Wigeon, Wren, Willow Warbler +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Wren, Willow Warbler +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Wood Oysterling, Mallrug, Mallryg, Hair Ice Crust +100 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Wood Oysterling, Mallrug, Mallryg, Hair Ice Crust +100 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bilberry, Cross-leaved Heath, Broom +42 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Fungi — Mallrug, Mallryg, Deceptive Earthtongue, Nitrous Bonnet +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 686Cycling route
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route106 m
Named routeRef 68Length 106 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km
Named routeRef 68Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km
Named routeRef 68Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Overgrown path through The Oaks

📷 Andrew Curtis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Overgrown path through The Oaks

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Multivallate hillfort, 70m east of CampvilleHistoric site1.8 km→🦉GRASSLEES BURN WOODNature reserve4.3 km→🦉BARROW BURN WOODNature reserve5 km→✦Motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle at HarbottleHistoric site3.4 km→✦Harbottle CastleHistoric site3.5 km→✦Cross dyke, south of CampvilleHistoric site1.6 km→

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