Warren Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 7 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › South East › South Oxfordshire Getting here
51.56721, -1.06003
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Firecrest, Great Tit +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Firecrest, Great Tit +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bird's-claw Beard-moss, Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum +127 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Ridgeway Walking route 140 km ▾
Named route Ref RW Length 140 km National walking route
Show on map The Chiltern Way Walking route 275 km ▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named route Ref CW Length 275 km Regional walking route
Show on map Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Chiltern Way Southern Extension Walking route ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWS Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Chilterns Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 131 m ▾
Named route Ref 5 Length 131 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 121 m ▾
Named route Ref 5 Length 121 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 86 m ▾
Named route Ref 5 Length 86 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.3 km ▾
Named route Ref 5 Length 2.3 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Judges' Ride Mountain bike route ▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Urquhart Lane restricted byway · 1.3 km ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 1.3 km Path type: track
Show on map Urquhart Lane restricted byway · 401 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 401 m Surface paved Path type: track
Show on map Urquhart Lane restricted byway · 231 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 231 m Path type: residential
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
8,190 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,190 records · National Biodiversity Network Raven · Firecrest · Woodlark · Treecreeper · Hobby +13
Raven Corvus corax Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Woodlark Lullula arborea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark Bush-cricket · Psammotettix confinis · Macrosteles viridigriseus · Balclutha punctata +20
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024 Psammotettix confinis Psammotettix confinis Macrosteles viridigriseus Macrosteles viridigriseus Balclutha punctata Balclutha punctata Eupteryx aurata Eupteryx aurata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,190 records · National Biodiversity Network Raven · Firecrest · Woodlark · Treecreeper · Hobby +13
Raven Corvus corax Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Woodlark Lullula arborea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark Bush-cricket · Psammotettix confinis · Macrosteles viridigriseus · Balclutha punctata +20
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024 Psammotettix confinis Psammotettix confinis Macrosteles viridigriseus Macrosteles viridigriseus Balclutha punctata Balclutha punctata Eupteryx aurata Eupteryx aurata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kalama tricornis
Kalama tricornis
Kalama tricornis
Kalama tricornis
Common Shorebug Saldula saltatoria
Common Shorebug Saldula saltatoria
Metopoplax ditomoides Metopoplax ditomoides
Metopoplax ditomoides Metopoplax ditomoides
Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope
Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2024
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2024
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2024
Downland Villa Villa cingulata2024
Downland Villa Villa cingulata2024
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2024
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2024
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2024
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2024
Zonal Sawfly Tenthredo zona2024
Zonal Sawfly Tenthredo zona2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2024
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus2024
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus2024
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2024
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2024 