Icehouse Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.80764, -0.10156
Open directionsv
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 305m away — 10 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 305m away — 10 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route▾
Not waymarked
Named routeRegional walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
WGC100 Centenary WalkWalking route20.2 km▾
Created for Welwyn Garden City's 100th anniversary, a circular walk around the whole town
Named routeLength 20.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Beyond Hartham CommonWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Main RouteCycling route550 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 550 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route59 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route103 m▾
Named routeLength 103 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 61Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 61Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
High Molewoodbyway open to all traffic · 189 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 189 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
47,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
47,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Pochard · Coot · Tufted Duck · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +44
- PochardAythya ferina
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
Common Darter · Pine Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +13
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Wood Anemone · Red Dead-nettle
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Pochard · Coot · Tufted Duck · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +44
- PochardAythya ferina
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
Common Darter · Pine Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +13
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Wood Anemone · Red Dead-nettle
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Gorse Shieldbug
Gorse Shieldbug
Piezodorus lituratus
Piezodorus lituratus
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Events & activities nearby
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