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5 ha

📷 Sarah Charlesworth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.96488, -1.51231

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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
  • 🌿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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Glow-worm, Southern Hawker, Large Red Damselfly · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Southern Hawker, Large Red Damselfly · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Flat Neckera · last seen 2025; Plants — Flat Neckera · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km

Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.

Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
N/ACycling route5.9 km
Named routeLength 5.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Field by Walk Farm

📷 Sarah Charlesworth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field by Walk Farm

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Heythrop ParkUrban park4.4 km→✦HEYTHROP PARKHistoric site3.8 km→✦Romano-British rural settlement and Iron Age remains, on the eastern edge of Chipping NortonHistoric site3.5 km→🌱millennium gardenUrban park3.6 km→🌱The CommonUrban park3.6 km→✦SWERFORDHistoric site3.3 km→

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