OCC countryside service

Oxfordshire County Council lead on landscape and biodiversity projects such as the Wychwood project.

The Countryside Service is committed to safeguarding, maintaining and enhancing the quality of Oxfordshire’s countryside and to improving the enjoyment and understanding of the natural environment through management of public access and information.

You can find out more about the work of the Countryside Service on the Oxfordshire County Council website.

How to contact the service:
Countryside Service
Oxfordshire County Council
Holton
Oxford
OX33 1QQ

Tel: 01865 810226
Fax: 01865 810207
Email the Countryside Service

Oxfordshire Wildlife and Landscape Study (OWLS)

Oxfordshire is an attractive county with a variety of different landscapes and habitats. These include the Chiltern beechwoods, the limestone grasslands of the Cotswolds and the lush meadows of the Thames Valley.

For a number of reasons many of Oxfordshire's diverse landscapes and habitats have changed radically over the past 40-50 years.To gain a better understanding of these changes Oxfordshire County Council has just completed a three year landscape and biodiversity appraisal of the county. It is called the Oxfordshire Wildlife and Landscape Study (OWLS) and it was jointly sponsored by: Oxfordshire County Council, English Nature, the Countryside Agency and the Northmoor Trust.

You can see the results of the study on the OWLS website.