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Public accessDogs welcome

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51.65163, -0.29739

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Magpie, Great Tit +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Magpie, Great Tit +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Hemlock +31 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Hemlock +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Blushing Rosette · last seen 2021; Fungi — Blushing Rosette · last seen 2021

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

29 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route

Short walk. Orange waymarking http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route

Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route

LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Allum Lanepublic footpath · 66 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 66 mSurface asphaltPath type: secondary

🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shenley CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCN+ link 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +49

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SwiftApus apus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024

🐝

Insects10 species

autumn

2025

22-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Notiophilus biguttatus +5

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Silver-moss

Silver-mossBryum argenteum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +49

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SwiftApus apus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024

🐝

Insects10 species

autumn

2025

22-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Notiophilus biguttatus +5

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Silver-moss

Silver-mossBryum argenteum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Close up, Elizabeth II postbox on Allum Lane (B5378)

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