Layston Court Gardens 1 ha
Plan your visit
🛝 Family🎠 Play🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Getting here
51.94721, -0.01761
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ The Buntingford Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ The Buntingford Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Great Tit +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Great Tit +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Meadow Brown, Peacock +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Icknield Way Path Walking route 169 km ▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named route Length 169 km Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map The Folly public footpath · 109 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 109 m Path type: residential
Show on map Downhall Ley public footpath · 48 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 48 m Path type: residential
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Bowling Green Lane bridleway · 193 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 193 m Path type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
17,763 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,763 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Dunnock +31
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Teal Anas crecca2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2023 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 59 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Rose Chafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Hairy Shieldbug +54
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,763 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Dunnock +31
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Teal Anas crecca2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2023 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 59 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Rose Chafer · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Hairy Shieldbug +54
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus2024
Episyrphus balteatus2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita2025
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2025
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2024
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2024
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024
Eupeodes Eupeodes2024
Eupeodes Eupeodes2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2024
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2023
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2023
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2023
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2023
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2023
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2023
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus2025
Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus2025
Pipiza austriaca Pipiza austriaca2025
Pipiza austriaca Pipiza austriaca2025
Platystoma seminationis Platystoma seminationis2025
Platystoma seminationis Platystoma seminationis2025
Pipizella Pipizella2025
Pipizella Pipizella2025
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2025
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2025
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum2025
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2024
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2024
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2024
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2024
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2024
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum2024
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum2024
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2024
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2024
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2024
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2024
Agrilus cuprescens Agrilus cuprescens2024
Agrilus cuprescens Agrilus cuprescens2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris2024
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris2024
Cassida vibex Cassida vibex2024
Cassida vibex Cassida vibex2024
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum2024
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum2024
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024
Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala2023
Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala2023
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2023
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2023
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2023
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2023
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2023
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2023
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2023
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2023
Scybalicus oblongiusculus Scybalicus oblongiusculus2023
Scybalicus oblongiusculus Scybalicus oblongiusculus2023
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
House-fly Musca domestica2023
House-fly Musca domestica2023
Syrphus Syrphus2023
Syrphus Syrphus2023
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2023
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2023
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2023
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2023
Pseudovadonia livida Pseudovadonia livida2023
Pseudovadonia livida Pseudovadonia livida2023
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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