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🌱 Urban park

Castle Gardens

4 ha

Getting here

51.87156, 0.16286

Best for

5 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: Hertfordshire Way

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

40

14 named nearby · 26 public paths

Named routePublic access
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Cycling

31

31 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Three Forests Way · Walking96 km
Harcamlow Way · Walking0
Waterside Stortford · Walking0
Hatfield Forest and Flitch Way Walk, Hatfield Forest · Walking5.6 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Hockerill Court · public footpath
Kingfisher Way · public footpath
Hockerill Court · public footpath

About this urban park

Castle Gardens is a urban park covering 4 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Steep way up the mound of Waytemore Castle

Steep way up the mound of Waytemore Castle

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

Café

Costa · 166m

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Parking

Link Road · Paid · 163m

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Picnic spot

5 · 78m away

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Playground

4 · 110m away

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Toilets

3 · 35m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km