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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.76387, -0.55928
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Platform Wines — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Platform Wines — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Corizus hyoscyami +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Wildlife Walk, Ashridge EstateWalking route12.8 km▾
This circular walk will take roughly 4 hours to complete and is not suitable for wheelchairs or buggies.
Named routeLength 12.8 kmDuration 04:00Round tripLocal walking route
Rangers' Ramble, Ashridge EstateWalking route4.8 km▾
This circular walk will take roughly two hours to complete and is not suitable for wheelchairs or buggies.
Named routeLength 4.8 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ashridge Estate Family Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Route 30Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Flooded Moat, Berkhamsted Castle
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Wildlife to spot
44,401 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
44,401 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Moorhen +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Corizus hyoscyami · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Broad Centurion +20
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Annual Meadow-grass · Meadow Vetchling · Wall Screw-moss
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
44,401 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Moorhen +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Corizus hyoscyami · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Broad Centurion +20
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Annual Meadow-grass · Meadow Vetchling · Wall Screw-moss
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax2025
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataWestern Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Conops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Pogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidus2025Pogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024