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Whispering Knights

📷 Mark Percy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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BirdsWildlifeFungi
Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.97526, -1.56558

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Robin
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Kestrel, Robin, Blue Tit +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kestrel, Robin, Blue Tit +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Verrucaria nigrescens, Toniniopsis aromatica, Acrocordia conoidea +72 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Verrucaria nigrescens, Toniniopsis aromatica, Acrocordia conoidea +72 more · last seen 2013

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Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White +55 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Oxeye Daisy, Bluebell, Lesser Celandine +180 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Oxeye Daisy, Bluebell, Lesser Celandine +180 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Plants — Elder, Hogweed, White Dead-nettle +27 more foraging species

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Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths 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
Diamond WayWalking route106 km
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route5.9 km
Named routeLength 5.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km
Named routeRef 5Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The Rollright Stones: The Whispering Knights

📷 Mark Percy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Rollright Stones: The Whispering Knights

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱The CommonUrban park3.8 km→🌱millennium gardenUrban park4.2 km→✦Romano-British rural settlement and Iron Age remains, on the eastern edge of Chipping NortonHistoric site4.8 km→✦Chipping Norton motte and bailey castle, and fishpondHistoric site3.6 km→⛪Chipping Norton Baptist ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→✦CORNWELL MANORHistoric site4.5 km→

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