Forests & woodlands · West Midlands
Burgess Field
Burgess Field is a forest or woodland in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Oxford · 2.3 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Burgess Field is a named forest, woodland or nature reserve in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 51.7732°, -1.2790°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common & Green SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Burgess Field Nature Park (also known as Burgess Field) is a nature reserve next to Port Meadow, Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England, managed by Oxford City Council.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The site is between Port Meadow to the west and the railway line to the east, just north of the Aristotle Lane entrance to Port Meadow and the Trap Ground Allotments. The reserve is on a reclaimed landfill site and is approximately 30 ha in area. short-eared owl and jack snipe. The site was used for landfill until the 1980s and is thus higher than Port Meadow, which regularly floods. The area was landscaped, with trees and hedge planting in the 1990s. The name may derive from the burgesses who endowed Godstow Nunnery with land.
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- Coordinates
- 51.7732, -1.2790
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Oxford
- Parish
- Oxford, unparished area
- Postcode
- OX2 6PX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Nearest railway station
- Oxford — 2.3 km
- Official site
- friendsofburgessfield.co.uk
Sources
- osm: w20871821 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Burgess Field Nature Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Burgess Field Nature Park view 1.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Burgess Field?
- Burgess Field is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode OX2 6PX), in the parish of Oxford, unparished area.
- Is Burgess Field a protected site?
- Yes — Burgess Field is part of the Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common & Green SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Burgess Field free to visit?
- Yes, Burgess Field is free to enter.
- How do I get to Burgess Field?
- The nearest railway station is Oxford, about 2.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode OX2 6PX.