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Cherwell

South Oxfordshire

Vale of White Horse

West Oxfordshire

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Cornbury and Wychwood

This map highlights the landscape types within the parish you selected, and its associated local character areas. You can click on any area of the map for a description of its landscape character and biodiversity. Please note that local character areas can cover large areas of the countryside, and may include several parishes, so the description may not be specific to this parish. If there are any wildlife habitats within the parish their descriptions can be found by scrolling to the bottom of this page.

Cornbury and Wychwood Image Map

The following wildlife habitats fall within this parish. They are listed according to their associated landscape type or local character area.

If you want more information about any of the sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) listed below, take a look at English Nature's Nature on the Map website. It may also be possible to find out a bit more about the unnamed wildlife habitats in the parish by contacting the Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (owls@oxfordshire.gov.uk) and quoting the site code next to the habitat description.

The majority of these wildlife habitats are on private land and access to them is not possible without permission of the landowner, unless there is a statutory right of way. However, many wildlife habitats in the county are open to the public. More information on these can be obtained from the Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum.

Wildlife Habitats

Wooded Farmland

Site Code: 30I01/2

Area: 530.5ha

Wychwood SSSI

Wychwood is the largest single area of woodland in Oxfordshire. This historic ancient woodland is the largest wooded remnant of Wychwood Forest, which once covered much of this part of the County. Broadleaved woodland such as this is a national priority for nature conservation.

The main trees are oak, ash and field maple, which display a great variation in age. There are wide grassy woodland tracks, springs and marshy areas and a bank of limestone grassland. The site also includes a group of lakes in Cornbury Park. There is a great diversity of wildflowers, lower plants (mosses, liverworts, lichens and fungi), insects and other invertebrates, There are many rare species some of which are found in few other sites in Britain.