by Keira Garrigan | Aug 31, 2023
There’s a lot of (free!) gates into Blenheim Park but this one is far and away our favourite, and a route that we do at least twice a month. First we have to give a mention to the beautiful bench near the entrance of Combe gate. It’s carved out of a 500...
by Keira Garrigan | Aug 6, 2023
The grounds and chapel of New College are an adventure that every visitor to Oxford should undertake – especially Harry Potter fans! The cloisters appear in the Harry Potter ‘Goblet of Fire’ film, one of many Oxford college locations that were used. The New...
by Keira Garrigan | Aug 2, 2023
Our annual Fairy Door Trail is back at the Trap Grounds Nature Reserve runs throughout August. Every summer for the past 5 years we have put on a magical trail for the whole community to enjoy and every year we have more doors, more fairies, more fairy post-boxes...
by Keira Garrigan | Jul 31, 2023
It’s a windy one! At 261 metres (856 ft), White Horse Hill is the highest point in Oxfordshire and on a clear day the panoramic views stretch over six counties – it’s quite breath-taking. There’s lots of of stories surrounding this area, legend has it that...
by Keira Garrigan | Jul 31, 2023
At the start of 2021 this area was totally overgrown and inaccessible in places, having been a rubbish dump for the past 50 years, until a dedicated group of volunteers came together and resurrected it to its former glory – mostly without outside funding. It’s...
