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Places › England › South East › Oxford Getting here
51.75633, -1.25437
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II Registered Park and Garden — Historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England of special interest, warranting efforts to preserve it.
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 ☕ Weston Library Cafe — 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 ☕ Weston Library Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🚻 Toilets
🦉 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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +88 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 21 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oxford Green Belt Way Walking route 87 km ▾
Named route Length 87 km Regional walking route
Show on map Oxfordshire Way Walking route 110 km ▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named route Ref OW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map Boundary Patrol Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sandpit Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Northwood Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Friars Entry public footpath · 128 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 128 m Surface paving_stones Path type: footway
Show on map Bath Place public footpath · 27 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 27 m Surface unhewn_cobblestone Path type: service
Show on map St Helen's Passage public footpath · 64 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 64 m Surface paving_stones Path type: footway
Show on map 144 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 442 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 8a Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8a Local cycle route
Show on map Route 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 9 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 3a Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3a Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
50,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 50,437 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Blue Tit · Canada Goose +23
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Greylag Goose Anser anser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Redwing Turdus iliacus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Muntjac · Badger
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Badger Meles meles 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Vine Weevil +7
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Notiophilus biguttatus Notiophilus biguttatus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 50,437 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Blue Tit · Canada Goose +23
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Greylag Goose Anser anser Goldcrest Regulus regulus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Redwing Turdus iliacus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Muntjac · Badger
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Badger Meles meles 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Vine Weevil +7
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Notiophilus biguttatus Notiophilus biguttatus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides
Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci 