Knebworth Country Park ✦ Ancient woodland 4 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
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51.87983, -0.21922
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow 🐕 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 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow 🐕 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Anemone, Bramble, Creeping Bent +81 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wood Anemone, Bramble, Creeping Bent +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Plants — Bramble, Blackthorn, Pedunculate Oak +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 22 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path Link Walking route ▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Show on map STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path Link Walking route ▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Show on map STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path Link Walking route ▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Woodland Trail Walking route ▾
Wheathampstead to Shaw's Corner Circular Walk, Shaw's Corner Walking route 12.2 km ▾
Mostly easy walking across established footpaths and fields. There are some steps along the route, and a steep gully at section 2. Assistance dogs only at Shaw's Corner.
Named route Length 12.2 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
Show on map Recreational Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Chilterns Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 53 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 53 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 769 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 769 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 337 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 337 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos New footpath through the Knebworth Estate
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Wildlife to spot
27,750 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,750 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Wren · Robin +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Fallow Deer Dama dama Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Sallow Pea-galler +8
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata Sallow Pea-galler Euura pedunculi Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Harlequin Ladybird 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Heath Star Moss · Hairy St John's-wort · Field Gromwell
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus Hairy St John's-wort Hypericum hirsutum Field Gromwell Buglossoides arvensis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,750 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Wren · Robin +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Fallow Deer Dama dama Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Sallow Pea-galler +8
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata Sallow Pea-galler Euura pedunculi Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Harlequin Ladybird 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Heath Star Moss · Hairy St John's-wort · Field Gromwell
Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus Hairy St John's-wort Hypericum hirsutum Field Gromwell Buglossoides arvensis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Tachina fera Tachina fera
Tachina fera Tachina fera
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
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