Vicar's Grove - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.92737, -0.25327
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Parking 439m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 439m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £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: STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
circular walkWalking route▾
A circular walking route joining Graveley and Weston
Named route
Garden City 15Walking route▾
Letchworth GreenwayWalking route▾
13.6 mile (21.8km) walking route around Letchworth
Named route
HOOP - Hitchin Outer Orbital PathWalking route▾
Circular route around Hitchin
Named routeRef HOOPLocal walking route
60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Recreational Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
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 route20 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
36,226 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
36,226 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Rock Dove +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Badger · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Rhamphus pulicarius · Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus · Parent Bug · Western Conifer Seed Bug +8
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius
- Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Dasysyrphus tricinctus
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Round-leaved Fluellen · Sharp-leaved Fluellen · Small Toadflax · Yellow Loosestrife · Wild Marjoram +6
- Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria
- Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine
- Small ToadflaxChaenorhinum minus
- Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,226 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Rock Dove +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Badger · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Rhamphus pulicarius · Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus · Parent Bug · Western Conifer Seed Bug +8
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius
- Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Dasysyrphus tricinctus
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Round-leaved Fluellen · Sharp-leaved Fluellen · Small Toadflax · Yellow Loosestrife · Wild Marjoram +6
- Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria
- Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine
- Small ToadflaxChaenorhinum minus
- Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dasysyrphus tricinctus
Dasysyrphus tricinctus
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataGreater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigasGreater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigasSolomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrimaSolomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrimaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaSallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculiSallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculiFox-and-cubs
Fox-and-cubs
Pilosella aurantiaca
Pilosella aurantiaca
Blue FleabaneErigeron acrisBlue FleabaneErigeron acrisItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis