🌞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 288m away — 6 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 288m away — 6 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
8 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
✦
Heritage
Good match
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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10 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Short TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.3Round tripLocal walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 02Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW02Local walking route
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
Brickendon Liberty 020public footpath · 438 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 438 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Brickendon Liberty 020public footpath · 643 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 643 mSurface groundPath type: footway
🚴
Cycling
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44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route967 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 967 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route506 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 506 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
🐴
Horse riding
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9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ermine Streetrestricted byway · 469 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 469 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway
Ermine Streetrestricted byway · 104 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 104 mSurface groundPath type: track
Ermine Streetrestricted byway · 315 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 315 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway
