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Wooden Boardwalk Steps – Hinksey Heights Habitat Trail loop from Botley

Moderate

4.5

(15)

67

hikers

Wooden Boardwalk Steps – Hinksey Heights Habitat Trail loop from Botley

02:13

8.40km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

2.71 km

Wooden Boardwalk Steps

Highlight • Trail

2

2.73 km

Henry's Constriction

Highlight • Natural Monument

3

2.83 km

Wooden Footbridge

Highlight • Bridge

4

3.34 km

Venice Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

5

3.53 km

Picnic Tables by the Pond

Highlight • Lake

6

3.54 km

Hinksey Heights Habitat Trail

Highlight • Natural

This is a lovely nature park situated just outside the city of Oxford. A boardwalk leads you around the park, allowing you to immerse yourself in nature and get up close to the varying wildlife species.

Tip by

7

3.90 km

“Enter these enchanted woods, you who dare”
These are no ordinary nature trails.
Weep with the willow!
Quake with fear at the witch in the elder;
Let the holly tree …

Tip by

8

4.13 km

View of Oxford's Dreaming Spires

Highlight • Settlement

"And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,/ She needs not June for beauty's heightening"
(Matthew Arnold, 1865, "Thyrsis" )

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8.40 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.42 km

2.42 km

927 m

432 m

195 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.60 km

2.30 km

1.05 km

1.03 km

281 m

149 m

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

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