🌞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
🅿️Christophers Wood Car Park 164m away — 16 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
🅿️Christophers Wood Car Park 164m away — 16 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
7 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🚲
Cycling
Good match
Named cycling route nearby: Route 544
Varies
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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2 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Vale WayWalking route43 km▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
🚴
Cycling
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18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grove/King Alfred School (West)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 544Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 544National Cycle Network
Wantage/GroveCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Vale Cycle LinksCycling route▾
Named route
Proposed Kingsgrove to Wantage Town Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wantage to Harwell Campus (Icknield Greenway)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's WayMountain bike route▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named routeRegional cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Icknield Greenwaybridleway · 247 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 247 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Ardington Lanebridleway · 563 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 563 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
