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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Dogs welcome32 ha
Getting here
51.67219, -0.06741
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Nice Green Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Nice Green Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Magpie, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Magpie, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 16-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Skullcap, Purple-loosestrife, Harebell +8 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Skullcap, Purple-loosestrife, Harebell +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Gordon Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
New River LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional 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
141 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route (12)Cycling route▾
Alternative (step-free) route avoiding railway bridge
Named routeRef (12)Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
ProposedCycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Photos
Looking up the avenue of lime trees to Forty Hall
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