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Parkfield

22 ha

📷 Rob Farrow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha

Getting here

51.69830, -0.17844

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach, toilets nearby

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach, toilets nearby

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidToilets

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Speckled Bush-cricket +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Speckled Bush-cricket +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

20 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Red TrailWalking route

Named routeListed length 1.2 miRound tripLocal walking route

Red TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route

This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.

Named routeLocal walking route

Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

35 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Shenley CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN12 Proposed extensionCycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

NCN12 Proposed alternative routeCycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

NCN 12 delistedCycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

34,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

34,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Jackdaw +37

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

34,211 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Jackdaw +37

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rob Farrow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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