🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
4 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 5 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
🚴
Cycling
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30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
N/ACycling route209 m▾
Named routeLength 209 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route356 m▾
Named routeLength 356 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route23 m▾
Named routeLength 23 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route109 m▾
Named routeLength 109 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route70 m▾
Named routeLength 70 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route250 m▾
Named routeLength 250 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🚵
Mountain biking
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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
🐴
Horse riding
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6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stock Bankbyway open to all traffic · 578 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 578 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
