Watery Brake Gate Piece
✦ Ancient woodland67 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome67 ha
Getting here
51.71988, -1.26013
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bagley Wood Roadpublic footpath · 14 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mPath type: service
Bagley Wood Roadpublic footpath · 176 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 176 mPath type: residential
109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Route 8aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8aLocal cycle route
Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Route 3aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route
Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chilswell Lanebridleway · 258 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 258 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Chilswell Lanebridleway · 34 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 34 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
72,306 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
72,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Jay · Woodpigeon +39
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐝Insects12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blue Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · Birch Catkin Bug · Culiseta annulata +7
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
72,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Jay · Woodpigeon +39
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐝Insects12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blue Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · Birch Catkin Bug · Culiseta annulata +7
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epuraea melanocephalaEpuraea melanocephalaEpuraea melanocephalaEpuraea melanocephalaCommon Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneusCommon Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneusHairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidusHairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025