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The Oxleys Allotments

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 125m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 125m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +56 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Allotments

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Three Forests WayWalking route96 km

Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 02Walking route

Named routeRef LW02Local walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 03Walking route

Named routeRef LW03Local walking route

Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Sheering Drivepublic footpath · 58 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

NCN National Route 11Cycling route

Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route140 m

Named routeRef 1Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route224 m

Named routeLength 224 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route660 m

Named routeRef 1Length 660 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,751 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,751 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summer

2025

Mallard · Magpie · Jackdaw · Robin · Blackbird +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwiftApus apus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
CuckooCuculus canorus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis

🐝

Insects14 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker +9

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,751 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summer

2025

Mallard · Magpie · Jackdaw · Robin · Blackbird +48

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwiftApus apus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
CuckooCuculus canorus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis

🐝

Insects14 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker +9

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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