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Fish Ponds

📷 Jack Hill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsWildlifeHeritage
Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.76762, -0.37460

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria · last seen 2026; Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Winter Heliotrope · last seen 2026; Plants — Winter Heliotrope · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

17 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Ver Valley Walk 5Walking route

The Three Burys Walk

Named routeRef Ver5Local walking route
Ver Valley Walk 7Walking route

The Watermeadow Walk

Named routeRef Ver 7Local walking route
Lea Valley CircleWalking route4.3 km

Walk over the River Lea and gaze across its valley. One of the main rivers in Hertfordshire, it rises as a chalk stream – one of only 200 or so in the world.

Named routeLength 4.3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Devil's Dyke & NomanslandWalking route4.6 km

Walk through the impressive Devil's Dyke, an ancient defensive earthworks from Celtic times. Stroll though the beautiful meadows of the Marshalls Heath nature reserve and the pretty woodlands bordering Nomansland Common.

Named routeLength 4.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

89 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Verulamium Park Cycle PathCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
St Albans Green RingCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route
Named routeLocal 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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bow Bridge Pumping Station

📷 Jack Hill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bow Bridge Pumping Station

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Roman VerulamiumHistoric site2 km→🌱Verulamium ParkUrban park2.5 km→✦Verulamium, site ofHistoric site2 km→✦BasillicaHistoric site2.1 km→🌱Grebe House Wildlife GardenUrban park2.2 km→🌱Redbourn CommonUrban park3.6 km→

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