Cowleaze Wood

Visitor information

How to find us

Sat Nav Postcode:

OX49 5HL

Christmas Common Road, lewknor , Oxfordshire

By Car

Cowleaze Wood is situated west of High Wycombe between Stokenchurch and Christmas Common. Christmas Common Road, lewknor Oxfordshire. Sat Nav postcode OX49 5HL. OS Grid Ref: SU725955. From the M40 leave junction 5 onto the A40 towards Oxford. Turn left onto Christmas Road.

OS Grid Ref

SU725955

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Parking and prices

Parking charges apply at Cowleaze Wood.

Your car parking fee supports the forests you love.

Parking can also be paid using RingGo, location 31103. Post-pay is available up to 48 hours after your visit.

Visit often? Members park for free. Buy a Forestry England national membership for £8 a month (£96 a year, annual contract applies) and enjoy visiting this site and forests all over the country. Membership covers the whole household.

Members: This site has barrierless ANPR. You do not need to display your membership car disc here, your number plate will be recognised. Please visit Manage My Membership if you need to update your vehicle registrations. Only one vehicle is permitted per visit. Free parking for Forestry England national members only. No other membership type applies.

Parking Charges

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Parking charges
Up to 2 hours	£1.80
Up to 4 hours	£2.50
Up to 8 hours	£3.00
Up to 24 hours	£8.00

Additional information

Become a national member for only £8 a month (£96 a year) and visit as often as you like for free -

Number of accessible parking spaces: 0

There are no designated accessible parking spaces at this forest. View our easy access trails page to find other forests with accessible parking.

Card payments accepted

Pay by phone available

There are no accessible parking spaces

Facilities and access

Assistance dogs welcome
Dogs allowed
Easy access trail
Picnic area

Forest floor full of bluebells at West Woods

Cowleaze Wood

Delve into nature in Cowleaze Wood

Set in the Chiltern Hills with amazing views over the surrounding countryside, a walk around this rich woodland reveals a great mix of habitats and plenty of paths to explore. There are grassy areas suitable for picnics and perfect for dogs to play. Bluebells which can be seen in May are like a blue carpet and well worth a visit.

Visit the monument in the wood to the crew of a Handley Page Halifax that crashed in the wood on 31 March 1944 returning from the Nuremberg raid. The memorial is a stone plinth from Lincoln Cathedral with the lost crew's names inscribed upon it.