Countryside Service

The Countryside service promotes nature conservation and enjoyment of the natural environment in and around Oxford.

A team of 4 rangers manage 900 acres of countryside in and around Oxford for you to enjoy, including:

• Shotover Country Park
• Port Meadow (a 300 acre grazing common)
• Twenty nature parks and reserves
• several Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
• a wide range of habitats and landscapes.

For further information about Shotover Country Park download the below leaflet:

All of these places are open to the public, and most have unrestricted access.

The Service is working with partners to:

• Increase biodiversity across the whole city
• Promote enjoyment of Oxford's Countryside

We are focusing work where it will be most effective.

More Information

Please visit our Environment and Climate Change links page for links to external websites relating to local countryside and wildlife groups.

Page last reviewed 20 Jan 2009