Leavesden Country Park (North Side)
16 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
51.70417, -0.40419
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
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 Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Red Damselfly, Bumblebee +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Mouse-ear, Bluebell, Variable-leaved Crestwort +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Ver Valley Walk 7Walking route▾
The Watermeadow Walk
Named routeRef Ver 7Local walking route
Ver Valley Walk 8Walking route▾
The Confluence Walk
Named routeRef Ver 8Local walking route
Red WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blue WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
58 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
St Albans Green RingCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Verulamium Park Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route105 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route707 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 707 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
18,767 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,767 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Common Gull +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Magdalis rufa +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Magdalis rufaMagdalis rufa
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Variable-leaved Crestwort · Lesser Yoke-moss · Great Willowherb · Curled Dock · Hoary Ragwort +2
- Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
- Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,767 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Common Gull +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Magdalis rufa +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Magdalis rufaMagdalis rufa
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Variable-leaved Crestwort · Lesser Yoke-moss · Great Willowherb · Curled Dock · Hoary Ragwort +2
- Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
- Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025