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Pondbottom Wood - Broadleaved woodland

4 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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DogsWildlifeBirds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.00959, 0.04950

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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

5 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

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 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
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
N/ACycling route250 m
Named routeLength 250 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route305 m
Named routeLength 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route249 m
Named routeLength 249 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route54 m
Named routeLength 54 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

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
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Pondbottom Wood

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦COKENACHHistoric site1.4 km→✦Barley lock-upHistoric site2 km→✦Anstey motte and bailey castleHistoric site3.6 km→✦Double moat and fishpond, QueenburyHistoric site4.6 km→✦Moated site, Goodfellows.Historic site4.7 km→⛪St Margaret of AntiochReligious grounds1.9 km→

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