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Munden Drive Open Space

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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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 428m away — 2 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 428m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +57 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Snowberry, Least Duckweed, Wood-sedge +13 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Snowberry, Least Duckweed, Wood-sedge +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 6

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

19 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Ver Valley Walk 8Walking route

The Confluence Walk

Named routeRef Ver 8Local walking route

LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Shenley Walk 3Walking route

Named routeRef 3Local walking route

Ebury WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Colne Valley Cycle Routepublic footpath · 14 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

Colne Valley Cycle Routepublic footpath · 8 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 8 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

🚴

Cycling

57 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

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route28 m

Named routeLength 28 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route65 m

Named routeRef 6Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route105 m

Named routeRef 6Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route153 m

Named routeRef 6Length 153 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

Otterspool Lanebridleway · 112 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 112 mPath type: unclassified

Otterspool Lanebridleway · 64 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 64 mPath type: unclassified

Otterspool Lanebridleway · 29 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 29 mPath type: unclassified

Otterspool Lanebridleway · 375 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 375 mSurface pavedPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

10,871 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,871 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Great Tit · Jackdaw +38

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CootFulica atra
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

summer

2025

Daubenton's Bat · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle +2

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
BatChiroptera2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Feral CatFelis catus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · 22-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
SuilliaSuillia2024

🌿

Plants3 species

summerautumn

2025

Snowberry · Wood-sedge · Butterbur

SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,871 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Great Tit · Jackdaw +38

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major2024
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CootFulica atra
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

summer

2025

Daubenton's Bat · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle +2

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
BatChiroptera2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Feral CatFelis catus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · 22-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
SuilliaSuillia2024

🌿

Plants3 species

summerautumn

2025

Snowberry · Wood-sedge · Butterbur

SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
ButterburPetasites hybridus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bryn Holmes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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