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Baxter's Spring - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Martin Addison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.89861, -0.05423

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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

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

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

Hiking

Named hiking route nearby: Hertfordshire Chain Walk

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route
Circular Walk "Town to Country No 3"Walking route
Named route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 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 routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

16 public paths nearby

Public paths
Dark Lanebyway open to all traffic · 897 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 897 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Byway to Stag Hall Farm

📷 Martin Addison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Byway to Stag Hall Farm

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦BENINGTON LORDSHIPHistoric site4.5 km→✦Roman site near railway stationHistoric site4.9 km→🌱Great Munden Recreational GardenUrban park1.8 km→✦Moor Hall: a moated manorial site and associated earthworks immediately north-east of Moor GreenHistoric site3.1 km→⛪St Lawrence's ChurchReligious grounds4.4 km→✦Walkern HallHistoric site4.1 km→

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