Home Wood - Sparse woodland
15 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.70905, -0.12374
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 280m away — 12 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 280m away — 12 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Hertfordshire Chain Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Gordon Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
New River LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
Parkfield, Oakmere & Beyond 2 mile walkWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Short TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.3Round tripLocal walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
NCN12 Proposed extensionCycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
NCN12 Proposed alternative routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Photos
Meadow and woodland from the Hertfordshire Way
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Wildlife to spot
13,335 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,335 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blackbird +26
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Muntjac · Mole · Pygmy Shrew +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
Brown Hawker · Southern Hawker · Stag Beetle · Lily Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +6
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,335 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blackbird +26
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Muntjac · Mole · Pygmy Shrew +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
Brown Hawker · Southern Hawker · Stag Beetle · Lily Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly +6
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023BadgerMeles meles2021BadgerMeles meles20212025
2025
Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2021Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2021Brachypalpoides lentusBrachypalpoides lentus2021Brachypalpoides lentusBrachypalpoides lentus2021Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021