Norton Common - Woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.99331, -0.23834
Open directionsv
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 368m away — 6 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 368m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Garden City 15
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital PathWalking route▾
A 27 mile circular walking route around Stevenage
Named routeLocal walking route
Etonbury Green WheelWalking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Kingfisher WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
80 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route96 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 96 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route250 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 250 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route134 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 134 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
Photos
Roundabout on Western Way, Letchworth
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Wildlife to spot
37,371 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,371 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +30
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Lords-and-Ladies · Spindle
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,371 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +30
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Lords-and-Ladies · Spindle
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Batman Hoverfly
Batman Hoverfly
Myathropa florea
Myathropa florea
EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesSarcophagaSarcophagaSarcophagaSarcophagaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaStable FlyStomoxys calcitransStable FlyStomoxys calcitransCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax