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Flowersash Wood

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

📷 Bikeboy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.82681, -0.08404

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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
  • 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Walking trails

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Magpie, Blackbird +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Magpie, Blackbird +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +52 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Bistort, Stinking Hellebore, Himalayan Balsam +29 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Bistort, Stinking Hellebore, Himalayan Balsam +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Bistort, Common Calamint, Hawkweed Oxtongue +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Circular WalkWalking route
Named route
STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital PathWalking route

A 27 mile circular walking route around Stevenage

Named routeLocal walking route
New River PathWalking route
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
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Cycling

43 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 route1.4 km
Named routeRef 61Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route13 m
Named routeRef 61Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route101 m
Named routeRef 61Length 101 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route78 m
Named routeRef 61Length 78 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route284 m
Named routeRef 61Length 284 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths
Gypsy Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.1 km
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.1 kmSurface groundPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Looking towards Flowersash Wood

📷 Bikeboy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Looking towards Flowersash Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Castle GroundsUrban park3.5 km→✦Hertford Castle: a motte and bailey castle south of the River LeaHistoric site3.5 km→🌱Buryfield Recreation GroundUrban park3.6 km→🦉WATERFORD HEATHNature reserve1.1 km→🌱Woodhall ParkUrban park2.6 km→✦WOODHALL PARKHistoric site2.6 km→

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