Rowley Green - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.66367, -0.23805
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 367m away — 4 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 367m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal 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
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Shenley CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 85Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 85Local cycle route
Jubilee Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef JLocal cycle route
LCN 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Arkley Lanerestricted byway · 800 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 800 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Saffron Greenrestricted byway · 648 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 648 mPath type: bridleway
Arkley Lanerestricted byway · 8 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 8 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Arkley Lanerestricted byway · 7 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 7 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
3,731 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,731 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +36
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Soprano Pipistrelle +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Speckled Wood · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Gatekeeper +25
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Blackthorn · Bramble · Himalayan Balsam · Broad-leaved Dock · Pedunculate Oak +3
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,731 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +36
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Soprano Pipistrelle +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Speckled Wood · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Gatekeeper +25
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Blackthorn · Bramble · Himalayan Balsam · Broad-leaved Dock · Pedunculate Oak +3
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisLarge WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbisBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisStag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus20242023
2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023Field MapleAcer campestre2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Events & activities nearby
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