Roads Wood - Broadleaved woodland 4 ha
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Places › England › Eastern › East Hertfordshire Getting here
51.84630, -0.07448
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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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs 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 km 11 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path Link Walking route ▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 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 route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Avenue public footpath · 123 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 123 m Path type: service
Show on map 23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 61 Cycling route 34 km ▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named route Ref 61 Length 34 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 78 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 78 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 45 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 45 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 96 m ▾
Named route Length 96 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 808 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 808 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 164 m ▾
Named route Ref 61 Length 164 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Sacombe Park bridleway · 406 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 406 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map Sacombe Park bridleway · 676 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 676 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map Sacombe Park bridleway · 182 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 182 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map Photos Footpath by Roads Woods towards Tonwell
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Wildlife to spot
3,130 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,130 records · National Biodiversity Network Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard +31
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Dunnock Prunella modularis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2022 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jay Garrulus glandarius Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Gadwall Mareca strepera Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Coot Fulica atra Little Egret Egretta garzetta Great Tit Parus major Greylag Goose Anser anser Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2022 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2020 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Polecat · Fallow Deer · Badger
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Polecat Mustela putorius Fallow Deer Dama dama2021 Badger Meles meles2020 Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Southern Hawker · Large White +24
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 🌿 Plants 42 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Wild Basil · Bluebell · Ramsons · Dog's Mercury · Lords-and-Ladies +37
Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare2023 Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2023 Ramsons Allium ursinum2023 Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2023 Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,130 records · National Biodiversity Network Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard +31
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Dunnock Prunella modularis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2022 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jay Garrulus glandarius Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Gadwall Mareca strepera Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Coot Fulica atra Little Egret Egretta garzetta Great Tit Parus major Greylag Goose Anser anser Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2022 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2020 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Polecat · Fallow Deer · Badger
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Polecat Mustela putorius Fallow Deer Dama dama2021 Badger Meles meles2020 Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Southern Hawker · Large White +24
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 🌿 Plants 42 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Wild Basil · Bluebell · Ramsons · Dog's Mercury · Lords-and-Ladies +37
Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare2023 Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2023 Ramsons Allium ursinum2023 Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2023 Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2020
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2020
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2019
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa2023
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa2023
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus2020
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus2020
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2020
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2020
Hydropsyche pellucidula Hydropsyche pellucidula2019
Hydropsyche pellucidula Hydropsyche pellucidula2019
Mystacides azurea Mystacides azurea2019
Mystacides azurea Mystacides azurea2019
Athripsodes cinereus Athripsodes cinereus2019
Athripsodes cinereus Athripsodes cinereus2019
Polycentropus flavomaculatus Polycentropus flavomaculatus2019
Polycentropus flavomaculatus Polycentropus flavomaculatus2019
Hydropsyche siltalai Hydropsyche siltalai2019
Hydropsyche siltalai Hydropsyche siltalai2019
Goera pilosa Goera pilosa2019
Goera pilosa Goera pilosa2019
Hydropsyche angustipennis Hydropsyche angustipennis2019
Hydropsyche angustipennis Hydropsyche angustipennis2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019 2023
2023
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2023
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2023
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2024
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2024
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa2023
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa2023
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2023
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2023
Common Calamint Clinopodium ascendens2023
Common Calamint Clinopodium ascendens2023
Cornus sanguinea subsp. australis Cornus sanguinea subsp. australis2023
Cornus sanguinea subsp. australis Cornus sanguinea subsp. australis2023
Chicory Cichorium intybus2023
Chicory Cichorium intybus2023
Black Horehound Ballota nigra2023
Black Horehound Ballota nigra2023
White Campion Silene latifolia2023
White Campion Silene latifolia2023
Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum2023
Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum2023
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2023
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2023
Dark Mullein Verbascum nigrum2023
Dark Mullein Verbascum nigrum2023
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2023
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2023
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2023
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2023
Common Cudweed Filago germanica2023
Common Cudweed Filago germanica2023
Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre2023
Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre2023
Field-rose Rosa arvensis2023
Field-rose Rosa arvensis2023
Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa2023
Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa2023
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides2023
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. amygdaloides2023
Pignut Conopodium majus2023
Pignut Conopodium majus2023
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis2023
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis2023
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2023
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2023
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis2023
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis2023
Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana2023
Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana2023
Primrose Primula vulgaris2023
Primrose Primula vulgaris2023
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis2023
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis2023
Hazel Corylus avellana2023
Hazel Corylus avellana2023
Common Cornsalad Valerianella locusta2022
Common Cornsalad Valerianella locusta2022
Goldilocks Buttercup Ranunculus auricomus2022
Goldilocks Buttercup Ranunculus auricomus2022
Mistletoe Viscum album2022
Mistletoe Viscum album2022
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima2022
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima2022
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana2021
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana2021
Butterbur Petasites hybridus2021
Butterbur Petasites hybridus2021
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna2021
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna2021
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2021
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2021
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2019
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2019 