Round Wood - Conifer woodland
1 ha
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.73803, -0.19225
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.2 miRound tripLocal walking route
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal 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
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN12 proposed reroutingCycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Shenley CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
NCN12 Proposed alternative routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
NCN 12 delistedCycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,131 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,131 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,131 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Syrphus2025
Syrphus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025