Aldenham Park - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
51.64890, -0.32243
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
- 🅿️Aldenham Country Park parking 176m away — 14 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
- 🅿️Aldenham Country Park parking 176m away — 14 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
Farm attraction nearby
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km30 signed routes nearby · 24 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
LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shenley Route 5Walking route▾
Named routeRef 5Local walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shenley CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN+ link 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
42,664 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,664 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Robin · Jackdaw +45
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- TealAnas crecca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Earwig · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata +37
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Pedunculate Oak
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,664 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Robin · Jackdaw +45
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- TealAnas crecca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Earwig · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata +37
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Pedunculate Oak
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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