Ashtree Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.90202, -0.17201
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 1 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 2 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
Woodland TrailWalking route▾
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route769 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 769 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route337 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 337 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Underpass beneath Six Hills Way, Stevenage
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42,697 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
42,697 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummer
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Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Moorhen +28
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Soprano Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
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Common Frog
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7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Field Grasshopper · Sarcophaga · Green Shieldbug +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- SarcophagaSarcophaga2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Sainfoin · Bee Orchid
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,697 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Moorhen +28
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Soprano Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Field Grasshopper · Sarcophaga · Green Shieldbug +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- SarcophagaSarcophaga2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Sainfoin · Bee Orchid
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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