Cave Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.85058, -0.16660
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 267m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 267m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
STOOP Link Path 6 - Stevenage Outer Orbital PathWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 9 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
STOOP Link Path 5 - Stevenage Outer Orbital PathWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 8 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
STOOP Link Path 4 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 6 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Wheatcotespublic footpath · 70 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 70 mPath type: residential
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Ayot GreenwayCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route53 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 53 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route769 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 769 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route337 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 337 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
18,412 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,412 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +37
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Gold-fringed Drill · Meligethes ruficornis · Dromius quadrimaculatus · Tetratoma fungorum · Diaperis boleti +3
- Gold-fringed DrillDichrorampha vancouverana2025
- Meligethes ruficornisMeligethes ruficornis2025
- Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus
- Tetratoma fungorumTetratoma fungorum2025
- Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2025
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green-flowered Helleborine · Bulbous Buttercup · Heath Speedwell · Common Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort
- Green-flowered HelleborineEpipactis phyllanthes
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,412 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +37
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Gold-fringed Drill · Meligethes ruficornis · Dromius quadrimaculatus · Tetratoma fungorum · Diaperis boleti +3
- Gold-fringed DrillDichrorampha vancouverana2025
- Meligethes ruficornisMeligethes ruficornis2025
- Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus
- Tetratoma fungorumTetratoma fungorum2025
- Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2025
🌿Plants5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green-flowered Helleborine · Bulbous Buttercup · Heath Speedwell · Common Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort
- Green-flowered HelleborineEpipactis phyllanthes
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Birch Shieldbug
Birch Shieldbug
Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Cryptocephalus moraeiCryptocephalus moraei2025Cryptocephalus moraeiCryptocephalus moraei2025Events & activities nearby
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