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Baxter's Spring - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.89769, -0.06088

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route
Circular Walk "Town to Country No 3"Walking route
Named route
STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital PathWalking route

A 27 mile circular walking route around Stevenage

Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Horse riding

21 public paths nearby

Public paths
Dark Lanebyway open to all traffic · 46 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 46 mPath type: track
Frogs Hall Lanebyway open to all traffic · 51 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 51 mPath type: residential
Dark Lanebyway open to all traffic · 897 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 897 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The Street, Haultwick

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Street, Haultwick

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦BENINGTON LORDSHIPHistoric site4.1 km→🌱Great Munden Recreational GardenUrban park2.2 km→✦Moor Hall: a moated manorial site and associated earthworks immediately north-east of Moor GreenHistoric site3 km→⛪St Lawrence's ChurchReligious grounds4.2 km→✦Walkern HallHistoric site3.7 km→✦Section of Roman road in Rigery LaneHistoric site4.4 km→

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