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East Wood - Woodland

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📷 Bikeboy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

52.01351, 0.02794

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

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

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
N/ACycling route209 m
Named routeLength 209 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route356 m
Named routeLength 356 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route23 m
Named routeLength 23 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route109 m
Named routeLength 109 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route70 m
Named routeLength 70 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route250 m
Named routeLength 250 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

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
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Old milestone in autumn leaves

📷 Bikeboy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Old milestone in autumn leaves

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦COKENACHHistoric site900 m→✦Barley lock-upHistoric site1.6 km→✦Double moat and fishpond, QueenburyHistoric site3.3 km→✦Moated site, Goodfellows.Historic site3.3 km→✦Anstey motte and bailey castleHistoric site4.1 km→⛪St Margaret of AntiochReligious grounds1.7 km→

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