Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre
Enabling data-driven decisions to better enhance and protect our natural environment
LOCAL WILDIFE SITES IN CHERWELL - 2021
This list includes Local Wildlife Sites. Please contact TVERC for information on:
• site location and boundary
• area (ha)
• designation date
• last survey date
• site description
• notable and protected habitats and species recorded on site
SITE CODE SITE NAME AUTHORITY PARISH
51S01.4 37 Acre Field Cherwell Fencott and Murcott
52M02 Ardley fields ponds east Cherwell Ardley
52H09 Ardley fields ponds west Cherwell Ardley
52N07 Ardley Fields Quarry Cherwell Ardley
61D03 Arncott Wood Cherwell Arncott
51S28 Arthur's Acre (Meadow east of Fencott) Cherwell Fencott and Murcott
51E04.2 Ash Wood Cherwell Bletchingdon
34U01 Balscote Quarry Cherwell Wroxton
43G04 Barford Marsh Cherwell Bloxham
41R03 Begbroke Wood Cherwell Begbroke
33G02 Berryfields Farm Cherwell Hook Norton
52X10 Bicester Airfield Cherwell Launton
61D06 Bicester Garrison - Training Area South Cherwell Arncott CP
52Q16 Bicester Wetland Reserve Cherwell Ambrosden
51I02 Black Leys Wood Cherwell Bletchingdon
61E16 Blackthorn Meadow Cherwell Blackthorn
West Oxfordshire 41L02 Bladon Heath and Cherwell Bladon
41Y03 Bletchingdon Quarry and Fen Cherwell Bletchingdon
51D06 Bletchingdon Road Verge (East) Cherwell Bletchingdon
51D07 Bletchingdon Road Verge South Cherwell Hampton Gay and Poyle
Shipton-on-Cherwell and 41T06 Bunkers Hill Quarry Cherwell Thrupp
62F05 Church Fields at Cutter's Bridge Cherwell Blackthorn
53V10 Cottisford Pond Cherwell Cottisford
33R01 Cradle and Grounds Farm Banks Cherwell Hook Norton
62A03 Cutter's Brook Meadows Cherwell Blackthorn
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43L02 Deddington Mill Cherwell Deddington
44X01 Disused Railway west of Chacombe Cherwell Wardington
41V13 Dukes Lock Pond Cherwell Gosford and Water Eaton
51S01.6 East Otmoor meadow Cherwell Fencott and Murcott
41Z02 Enslow Marsh Cherwell Kirtlington / Bletchingdon
Broughton and North 43E03 Field at Broughton Grounds Farm Cherwell Newington
62G01 Field by Beacon Hill Ditch Cherwell Launton
61E18 Fields by River Ray Cherwell Arncott
44L01 Fishponds Wood, Hanwell Cherwell Hanwell
52W01 Gavray Drive Meadows Cherwell Bicester
52V01 Graven Hill Cherwell Ambrosden
54C01 Hangland Farm Railway Cutting Cherwell Wardington
Newton Purcell with 62E05 Hopyard Spinney Cherwell Shelswell
44B01 Horley Cherwell Wroxton
34Y01 Hornton Meadows Cherwell Hornton
42N01 Horsehay Quarry (West) Cherwell Duns Tew
52A01.3 Kirtlington Park Lake (north) Cherwell Kirtlington
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52A01.4 Kirtlington Park Lake (south) Cherwell Kirtlington
41S02 Langford Meadows Cherwell Kidlington
61H02 Little Wood Cherwell Arncott
41V02 Loop Farm Flood Meadows Cherwell Gosford and Water Eaton
62E06 Meadow east of Fringford Cherwell Hethe
61J05.7 Meadow Farm Meadows Cherwell Piddington
43V02.3 Meadow west of Bestmoor Cherwell North Aston
Meadows east of Cassington to Yarton 41V11 Pits Cherwell Hinksey Park Ward
51S01.3 Meadows near Charlton on Otmoor Cherwell Fencott and Murcott
62A02 Meadows NW of Blackthorn Hill Cherwell Blackthorn
Yarnton & Gosford and 41V18 Meadows west of the Oxford Canal Cherwell Water Eaton
61H05 Muswell Hill Fields Cherwell Piddington
51K08 Noke Wood & Sling Copse Cherwell Noke
45K01 North Claydon Disused Railway Cherwell Claydon with Clattercot
61I01 Piddington Wood Cherwell Piddington
62E04 Pool Spinney Cherwell Hethe
51L01 Prattle Wood Cherwell Noke
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33W05 Quarry Spring Marsh Cherwell Wiggington
Wigginton / South 33W03 Ribbon Marsh Cherwell Newington
34R07 Robert's Barn Grassland Cherwell Shennington with Alkerton
51R11 RSPB Otmoor Cherwell Fencott and Murcott
42X02 Rush Spinney Cherwell Upper Heyford
34L06 Shenlow Hill Cherwell Shenington with Alkerton
61I07 Site B, Arncott Cherwell Arncott
51S01.5 Small Meadow, north Otmoor Cherwell Fencott and Murcott
43B06 South Newington Meadow Cherwell South Newington
43B03 South Newington Valley Cherwell Milcombe
Newton Purcell with 63A01 Spilsmere Woods Cherwell Shelswell
52U02 Stoke Bushes Cherwell Stoke Lyne
52T06 Stoke Little Wood Cherwell Stoke Lyne
52N05 Stoke Wood Cherwell Stoke Lyne
62C01 Stratton Audley Quarry Cherwell Stratton Audley
33N02 Temple Mills Quarries Cherwell Hook Norton
33W16 The Meanders and Peat Marsh Cherwell South Newington
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52M01 Trow Pool Cherwell Bucknell
52T01 Twelve Acre Copse Cherwell Bucknell
Somerton / Ardley / Upper 52I05 Upper Heyford Airfield Cherwell Heyford
44D01 Warmington Fox Covert Cherwell Mollington
51N04 Weston Wood Cherwell Weston-on-the-Green
41V08 Wet Wood and Swamp near Yarnton Cherwell Yarnton
43V02.2 Wharf Farm Meadows Cherwell Souldern
51P03 Wormough Copse Cherwell Weston-on-the-Green
34V01 Wroxton and Balscote Mills Cherwell Shutford
Cherwell and West 41Q11 Cassington to Yarnton Gravel Pits Oxfordshire Cassington and Yarnton
Cherwell and West 42V01 Northbrook Marsh Oxfordshire Tackley / Kirtlington
Cherwell and West Hook Norton and Little 33K01 Swere Bank Oxfordshire Tew
Cherwell and West 33Q03.3 Wood West of Swerford Park Oxfordshire Hook Norton / Swerford
PROPOSED LOCAL WILDLIFE SITES AND EXTENSIONS IN CHERWELL
The following sites are proposed as Local Wildlife Sites:
P a g e | 6 TVERC is hosted by Oxfordshire County Council
SITE CODE NAME DISTRICT PARISH
52X10 Bicester Airfield Cherwell Launton
51C03 Branson's Lake and Scrub Cherwell Kidlington
34Y03 Bush Hill Cherwell Hornton
34S05 Field north of Shenington Cherwell Shenington with Alkerton
34N01 Hornton Hill Field Cherwell Hornton
41X02 Kidlington Meadows Cherwell Kidlington
52A01 Kirtlington Park Cherwell Kirtlington
61H06 Muswell Hill North Cherwell Piddington
42N01 North of Horsehay Quarry (west) Cherwell Duns Tew
33X02 Tadmarton Heath Reserve Cherwell Tadmarton
43D03 Tadmarton Orchid Field Cherwell Tadmarton
Wroxton & Balscote Mills (North 34V01 east) Cherwell Wroxton
P a g e | 7 TVERC is hosted by Oxfordshire County Council