The Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.86975, -0.14988
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
- 📍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 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: Circular Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
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
Woodland TrailWalking 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
Charlie Pallett pathpublic footpath · 607 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 607 mSurface groundPath type: track
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
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
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,342 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,342 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Collared Dove · Swift +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Dark Bush-cricket · Macropsis +20
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- MacropsisMacropsis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
🌿Plants5 species
springautumn
2025▾
Himalayan Balsam · Western Red-cedar · Goldilocks Buttercup · Barren Strawberry · Common Whitlowgrass
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,342 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Collared Dove · Swift +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Dark Bush-cricket · Macropsis +20
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- MacropsisMacropsis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
🌿Plants5 species
springautumn
2025▾
Himalayan Balsam · Western Red-cedar · Goldilocks Buttercup · Barren Strawberry · Common Whitlowgrass
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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