Longclose Plantation - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🎠 Play🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › East Hertfordshire Getting here
51.89357, 0.01058
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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 254m 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 254m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km 4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR 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 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
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Wildlife to spot
10,968 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,968 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · House Martin · Mallard +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Field Vole · Rabbit
Field Vole Microtus agrestis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐝 Insects 3 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Water Measurer
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum 🌿 Plants 30 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Garlic Mustard · Broad-leaved Dock · Elder · Sweet Violet · Cow Parsley +25
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Elder Sambucus nigra Sweet Violet Viola odorata Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Common Nettle Urtica dioica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,968 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · House Martin · Mallard +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Field Vole · Rabbit
Field Vole Microtus agrestis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐝 Insects 3 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Water Measurer
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum 🌿 Plants 30 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Garlic Mustard · Broad-leaved Dock · Elder · Sweet Violet · Cow Parsley +25
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Elder Sambucus nigra Sweet Violet Viola odorata Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Common Nettle Urtica dioica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dandelion
Dandelion
Taraxacum
Taraxacum
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
English Elm Ulmus procera
English Elm Ulmus procera
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium
Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium
False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
Small Goosegrass Galium murale
Small Goosegrass Galium murale
Large-flowered Evening-primrose Oenothera glazioviana
Large-flowered Evening-primrose Oenothera glazioviana
Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris
Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris
Black Bryony Tamus communis
Black Bryony Tamus communis
Sow Thistle Sonchus
Sow Thistle Sonchus
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Borage Borago officinalis
Borage Borago officinalis
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Brome Bromus commutatus x racemosus
Brome Bromus commutatus x racemosus
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Avens Geum chiloense
Avens Geum chiloense
Spear-leaved Willowherb Epilobium lanceolatum
Spear-leaved Willowherb Epilobium lanceolatum
Broom Brome Bromus scoparius
Broom Brome Bromus scoparius
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Dame's-violet Hesperis matronalis
Dame's-violet Hesperis matronalis
Hybrid Cuckoo Pint Arum maculatum x italicum
Hybrid Cuckoo Pint Arum maculatum x italicum
Plantain Plantago
Plantain Plantago
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia 