Top Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.94996, -0.16458
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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
- 🅿️Parking 255m 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 255m 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: Hertfordshire Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 34 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
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
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
Munts Meadowpublic footpath · 118 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 118 mPath type: residential
School Lanepublic footpath · 73 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 73 mPath type: residential
73 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route305 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route64 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 64 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route250 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 250 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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
7,482 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,482 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Corn Bunting · Blackcap · Blue Tit +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Meadow Grasshopper · 16-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +15
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
🌿Plants9 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Giant Butterbur · Common Pincushion · Woad · Wild Basil · Herb-Robert +4
- Giant ButterburPetasites japonicus
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- WoadIsatis tinctoria2025
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Creeping Cinquefoil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,482 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Jackdaw · Corn Bunting · Blackcap · Blue Tit +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Meadow Grasshopper · 16-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +15
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
🌿Plants9 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Giant Butterbur · Common Pincushion · Woad · Wild Basil · Herb-Robert +4
- Giant ButterburPetasites japonicus
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- WoadIsatis tinctoria2025
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Creeping Cinquefoil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Potentilla reptans2025
Potentilla reptans2025
Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Dwarf ElderSambucus ebulus2023Dwarf ElderSambucus ebulus2023Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2023Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2023Events & activities nearby
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