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Tooley's boatyard

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📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

52.06335, -1.33329

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sweet Violet, Snowdrop, Hairy Bitter-cress +15 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sweet Violet, Snowdrop, Hairy Bitter-cress +15 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Gorse Weevil, Box Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +6 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Gorse Weevil, Box Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Cotswold LinkWalking route34 km

Named routeLength 34 kmRegional walking route

Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km

Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.

Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route28 m

Named routeRef 5Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route5 m

Named routeRef 5Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 5Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 5Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route374 m

Named routeRef 5Length 374 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

40,447 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,447 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Jackdaw +70

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RavenCorvus corax2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Wood Mouse · Hedgehog

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects9 species

winterspring

2026

Gorse Weevil · Box Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Non-biting midges · Trichocera +4

Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Non-biting midgesChironomidae
TrichoceraTrichocera
Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025

🌿

Plants18 species

winter

2026

Sweet Violet · Snowdrop · Hairy Bitter-cress · Groundsel · Petty Spurge +13

Sweet VioletViola odorata
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
daffodilsNarcissus
CleaversGalium aparine
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
DaisyBellis perennis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
DandelionTaraxacum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,447 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Jackdaw +70

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RavenCorvus corax2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Wood Mouse · Hedgehog

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects9 species

winterspring

2026

Gorse Weevil · Box Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Non-biting midges · Trichocera +4

Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Non-biting midgesChironomidae
TrichoceraTrichocera
Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025

🌿

Plants18 species

winter

2026

Sweet Violet · Snowdrop · Hairy Bitter-cress · Groundsel · Petty Spurge +13

Sweet VioletViola odorata
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
daffodilsNarcissus
CleaversGalium aparine
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
DaisyBellis perennis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
DandelionTaraxacum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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