Markham's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.94697, -0.09518
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 7 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 1 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 2 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route▾
Not waymarked
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stocking Hill lanerestricted byway · 331 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 331 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
8,942 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,942 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Goldfinch · Fieldfare · Robin +22
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
2-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Ptinus sexpunctatus · Harlequin Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger +9
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
- Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025
Bramble · Red Fescue · Field Maple · Ground-ivy · Sycamore +14
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,942 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Goldfinch · Fieldfare · Robin +22
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
2-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil · Ptinus sexpunctatus · Harlequin Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger +9
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
- Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025
Bramble · Red Fescue · Field Maple · Ground-ivy · Sycamore +14
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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