Things to do outdoors in the Headington area
Local nature reserves
Barton Village Nature Reserve Accessed from Harolde Close, Barton Information from Oxford City Council Brasenose Wood & Shotover Hill (Site of Special Scientific Interest ) Accessed from Old Road, or can be reached on foot from the C.S. Lewis Nature Reserve
Information from Oxford City Council C.S. Lewis reserve (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, formerly BBONT) Accessed from Kiln Lane in Risinghurst C.S. Lewis's house and the lake and Henry Stephen, who donated the land Doris Field Memorial Park Jack Straw’s Lane Doris Field and her parents Lye Valley Nature Reserve (Site of Special Scientific Interest )Accessed from the Slade, near Girdlestone Road Magdalen Quarry Nature Reserve (Site of Special Scientific Interest )Accessed from William Kimber Crescent (off Gladstone Road) leaflet about this quarry by Oxford Geology Trust Magdalen Wood West (the eastern part, cut off by the bypass, is now incorporated into Brasenose Wood)Accessed from Atkyns Road, Wood Farm Information from Oxford City Council and The history of the wood (formerly the Open Magdalen) New Marston Meadows (Site of Special Scientific Interest ) East of the River Cherwell
Peasmoor Piece Nature Reserve Copse Lane, Marston Information from Oxford City Council Rock Edge
(Site of Special Scientific Interest )On the corner of Windmill Road and Old Road Oxford City Council and see also Rock Edge page on Friends of Lye Valley website andOxford Geology Trust leaflet
Other outdoor activities
