Where to find them: the bluebell walks from TreeDwellers
The advantage of staying at TreeDwellers during bluebell season isn't just proximity to one woodland. It's proximity to several — each with a different character, a different scale, a different reason to go.
Follow our footpath onto the Cornbury Park Estate and you're on the right track to stumble upon the powerful blue hues. But if you wish to explore further:
Singe Wood — the closest and most spectacular
Less than ten minutes from the treehouses, Singe Wood is managed by the Wychwood Forest Trust and is among the finest bluebell displays in the region. The Wychwood Forest Trust describes the springtime display in Singe Wood as appearing in 'bright blue swathes' — and that description, from people who manage the land, is not an exaggeration. Alongside the bluebells: wild service trees, violet helleborines, badger runs through the undergrowth, and — if you're there at first light — the possibility of a woodcock moving through the scrub.
Walk to the wood at 7am, before the day warms up and the scent concentrates. Take your time on the way back. Stop at the Feasting Table when you return. The morning will have earned it.
Foxholes Nature Reserve — bluebells and 23 species of butterfly
A short drive toward Burford brings you to Foxholes Nature Reserve — a 1.75-mile circular walk through woodland that in late April is carpeted with bluebells and alive with emerging butterflies. Twenty-three butterfly species have been recorded here across the season; in late April the early ones — orange tips, brimstones, commas — are on the wing alongside the flowers. It is the kind of walk that makes you feel like a naturalist even if you've never thought of yourself as one.
Foxhole Walk, Milton-under-Wychwood — the local secret
Half a mile from the village of Milton-under-Wychwood — itself a short drive from Cornbury Park Estate — is a bluebell walk within the Wychwood Forest that remains largely unknown to visitors from outside the area. It is quiet, unhurried, and exactly the kind of thing the TreeDwellers ethos is built around: moving into nature rather than queueing to see it.
Treehouse guide for spring
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Best morning light — Camellia's timber cladding and positioning catches the low early light better than any other unit on the estate. If you're getting up for the dawn chorus, this is where you want to wake up.
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Best for couples — Bastard Balm, with its sleek curved metal cladding and elevated position in the oak line, offers the most dramatic sense of being in the canopy. The morning silence in this treehouse in April is something people come back to describe to us.
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For a third guest — all one-bedroom treehouses can accommodate a third guest with a day bed. Specify when booking.
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For families — Liberty is our most popular treehouse welcoming children under eight, with step-free access throughout and two bedrooms. For older children and teens, Sambucus — the only wooden-clad two-bedroom treehouse — is the family favourite.
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Most secluded — Agar sits deepest in the woodland line. If what you want is to feel genuinely surrounded by Wychwood, this is your treehouse.
View all seven treehouses and check dates below and at treedwellers.co.uk/treehouses.
Questions? The team is at treedwellers.co.uk/contact.
