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Pain's End moated site.

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📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Marsh Tit +43 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Marsh Tit +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Bristly Oxtongue +56 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Bristly Oxtongue +56 more · last seen 2022

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Bristly Oxtongue +6 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Southern Hawker, Volucella bombylans +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Southern Hawker, Volucella bombylans +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

9,984 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,984 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Marsh Tit · Goldcrest · Coal Tit +19

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RavenCorvus corax
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Fallow Deer

Fallow DeerDama dama

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Southern Hawker · Volucella bombylans

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,984 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Marsh Tit · Goldcrest · Coal Tit +19

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RavenCorvus corax
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Fallow Deer

Fallow DeerDama dama

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Southern Hawker · Volucella bombylans

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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