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Barkway Golf Club

3 ha

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

51.98687, 0.02034

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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
Walking trails

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Verrucaria, Flavoplaca dichroa, Bacidia +143 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Verrucaria, Flavoplaca dichroa, Bacidia +143 more · last seen 2015

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell +52 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Tortoiseshell +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Swift, Jackdaw, House Martin +30 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Jackdaw, House Martin +30 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Great Willowherb +219 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Great Willowherb +219 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Bristly Oxtongue +31 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Field by Biggin Hill, Barkway

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field by Biggin Hill, Barkway

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✦COKENACHHistoric site2.2 km→✦Barley lock-upHistoric site4.5 km→✦Anstey motte and bailey castleHistoric site1.9 km→✦Double moat and fishpond, QueenburyHistoric site3.3 km→✦Moated site, Goodfellows.Historic site3.5 km→⛪St George's ChurchReligious grounds1.9 km→

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