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Bear, Oveys & Great Bottom Woods

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Bear, Oveys & Great Bottom Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire, covering 0.64 km². The county has 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within the Chilterns National Landscape.

For more of the same, Priest's Hill and Bix Bottom are close by. For arrivals by rail, Henley-on-Thames Station is about 6 km to the east.

More places to visit near Bear, Oveys & Great Bottom Woods

Photo of the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Chilterns

You’re inside itNational Landscape near The Lee

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

Photo of The Bottle & Glass Inn, a gastropub near Binfield Heath in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

The Bottle & Glass Inn

Gastropub · With rooms near Binfield Heath

Thatched Chiltern-edge pub near Henley with a game-heavy menu, cited by the Times and olive.

6.1 km SE

Photo along the Thames Path, a 185-mile National Trail running from Kemble to London, England.Highlight

Thames Path

National Trail

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

6.7 km E · spans 7 counties

Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

North Wessex Downs

National Landscape near Hungerford

Rolling chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse, threaded by one of Britain's oldest roads

6.9 km SW

Photo of Stonor Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Turville in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

Stonor Park

House & garden near Turville

Held by one Catholic family for 800 years, where Edmund Campion secretly printed in 1581.

7.4 km NE

Photo of The Plough (Shiplake), a gastropub in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

The Plough (Shiplake)

Gastropub near Shiplake

Thames-side village dining pub near Henley, an olive best country pub.

8.3 km SE