Home Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.71558, -0.10976
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
- 🅿️Parking 465m away — 2 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 465m away — 2 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Hertfordshire Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
New River LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
Parkfield, Oakmere & Beyond 2 mile walkWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Short TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.3Round tripLocal walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Oak Lanepublic footpath · 88 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 88 mPath type: residential
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,738 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +27
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Muntjac · Badger · Mole +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Lily Beetle · Box Tree Moth · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Brown Hawker · Dolichovespula media +3
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Pyramidal Orchid · Bee Orchid · Grass Vetchling · Oxeye Daisy · Ragged-Robin
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +27
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Muntjac · Badger · Mole +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Lily Beetle · Box Tree Moth · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Brown Hawker · Dolichovespula media +3
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Pyramidal Orchid · Bee Orchid · Grass Vetchling · Oxeye Daisy · Ragged-Robin
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit
Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus2023
Oryctolagus cuniculus2023
Common ShrewSorex araneus2021Common ShrewSorex araneus20212024
2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2021Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2021Events & activities nearby
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