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Parkhill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.95223, -0.01750

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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 392m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat

Free

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Broad Baulkpublic footpath · 520 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 520 mPath type: footway
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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths
Bowling Green Lanebridleway · 193 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 193 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bridge over the River Rib, Buntingford

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bridge over the River Rib, Buntingford

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Layston Court GardensUrban park500 m→🌱Layston Court GardensUrban park600 m→✦Moor Hall: a moated manorial site and associated earthworks immediately north-east of Moor GreenHistoric site4.8 km→✦THE GARDEN HOUSE, COTTEREDHistoric site4.9 km→🌽Ermine Street AllotmentsAllotments500 m→⛪St Richard of Chichester's ChurchReligious grounds800 m→

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