Nursery Plantation - Mixed woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.69630, -0.10447
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 km26 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Cockfosters UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CLocal cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Burnt Farm Ridebridleway · 578 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 578 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Oldpark Ridebridleway · 388 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 388 mPath type: track
Burnt Farm Ridebridleway · 152 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 152 mPath type: track
Burnt Farm Ridebridleway · 397 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 397 mPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
7,192 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,192 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +40
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown Tree Ant
- Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Ivy · Hawthorn · Common Nettle · Bramble · Lords-and-Ladies +5
- IvyHedera helix
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Hogweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,192 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +40
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown Tree Ant
- Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Ivy · Hawthorn · Common Nettle · Bramble · Lords-and-Ladies +5
- IvyHedera helix
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Hogweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Heracleum sphondylium
Heracleum sphondylium
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