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Great Broadgates Hill

5 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.66709, -0.17626

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • ☕Limes — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingCafé

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +22 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +22 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Butterfly-bush, Common Smoothcap, Alsike Clover +14 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Common Smoothcap, Alsike Clover +14 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Cockfosters UndergroundWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route
Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route
Parkfield, Oakmere & Beyond 2 mile walkWalking route2 km
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route

This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.

Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LCN 88Cycling route
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
ProposedCycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Shenley CircuitCycling route
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Hadley Wood South tunnels

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hadley Wood South tunnels

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Trent ParkUrban park2.7 km→✦WROTHAM PARKHistoric site1.8 km→🌱St John the Baptist ChurchUrban park2.3 km→🌱Old Courthouse Recreation GroundUrban park2.6 km→🌱Old Courthouse Recreation GroundUrban park2.6 km→🏞️TRENT PARKCountry park2.8 km→

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