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Eleven Acre Wood

3 ha

WildlifeBirdsInsects

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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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
🅿️Calton Avenue Car Park 153m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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
🅿️Calton Avenue Car Park 153m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +87 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yarrow, False Oat-grass, Common Bistort +34 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yarrow, False Oat-grass, Common Bistort +34 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Bistort, Red Dead-nettle, Walnut +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route

New River PathWalking route

Named routeRef NRRegional walking route

WGC100 Centenary WalkWalking route20.2 km

Created for Welwyn Garden City's 100th anniversary, a circular walk around the whole town

Named routeLength 20.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Beyond Hartham CommonWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Molewood Roadpublic footpath · 9 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mPath type: residential

Molewood Roadpublic footpath · 272 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 272 mPath type: residential

Molewood Roadpublic footpath · 23 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 23 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

39 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Main RouteCycling route550 m

Named routeRef 61Length 550 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route103 m

Named routeLength 103 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 61Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 61Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route13 m

Named routeRef 61Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

High Molewoodbyway open to all traffic · 189 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 189 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

73,231 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

73,231 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Coot · Tufted Duck · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +47

PochardAythya ferina
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great TitParus major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterautumn

2026

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025

🐝

Insects18 species

spring

2026

Common Darter · Pine Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +13

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Wood Anemone · Red Dead-nettle

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

73,231 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Coot · Tufted Duck · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +47

PochardAythya ferina
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great TitParus major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterautumn

2026

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025

🐝

Insects18 species

spring

2026

Common Darter · Pine Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +13

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Wood Anemone · Red Dead-nettle

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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