Broxbourne Recreation Ground 1 ha
Plan your visit
🛝 Family🧺 Picnic🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Getting here
51.74533, -0.01427
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Coot ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Coffee Station — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Coot ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Coffee Station — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Coot, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Coot, Mallard +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Early Bumblebee, Bumblebee +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Forests Way Walking route 96 km ▾
Named route Length 96 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Short Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 1.3 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map London to Walsingham - stage 02 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LW02 Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 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 route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Richmond Court public footpath · 21 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 21 m Path type: residential
Show on map New River Path public footpath · 369 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 369 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map Richmond Court public footpath · 37 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 37 m Path type: residential
Show on map 44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Route 61 Cycling route 34 km ▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named route Ref 61 Length 34 km National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 2 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 967 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 967 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 506 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 506 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Photos Mid-C19 houses, Station Road, Broxbourne
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Wildlife to spot
15,055 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,055 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Coot · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen · Mute Swan +43
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Emperor · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Norfolk Aeshna +11
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope2025 Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025 Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles2025 Harlequin Ladybird 🌿 Plants 9 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Marble Screw-moss · Water Screw-moss · Marsh Bryum · Kneiff's Feather-moss · Tree-mallow +4
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Marsh Bryum Bryum pseudotriquetrum2025 Kneiff's Feather-moss Leptodictyum riparium2025 Tree-mallow Malva arborea2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,055 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Coot · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen · Mute Swan +43
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Emperor · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Norfolk Aeshna +11
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Lesser Emperor Anax parthenope2025 Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2025 Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles2025 Harlequin Ladybird 🌿 Plants 9 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Marble Screw-moss · Water Screw-moss · Marsh Bryum · Kneiff's Feather-moss · Tree-mallow +4
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Marsh Bryum Bryum pseudotriquetrum2025 Kneiff's Feather-moss Leptodictyum riparium2025 Tree-mallow Malva arborea2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Hypera plantaginis Hypera plantaginis
Hypera plantaginis Hypera plantaginis
Harpalus rubripes Harpalus rubripes
Harpalus rubripes Harpalus rubripes
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Water Ladybird Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025
Water Ladybird Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum2025
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum2025
Musk Thistle Carduus nutans2025
Musk Thistle Carduus nutans2025
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua2025
Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua2025
Blue Water-speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica2025
Blue Water-speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica2025 