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Potters Bar Golf Club

📷 Bikeboy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.70561, -0.19624

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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
  • ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

8 activities

Golf

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Enchanter's-nightshade, Rosebay Willowherb +39 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Enchanter's-nightshade, Rosebay Willowherb +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Smooth Hawk's-beard, Pedunculate Oak, Bramble +2 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

22 signed routes nearby · 29 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
Mountwaypublic footpath · 65 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mPath type: residential
Hawkshead Lanepublic footpath · 25 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 25 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Hawkshead Lanepublic footpath · 24 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 24 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
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Cycling

41 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN12 proposed reroutingCycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Shenley CircuitCycling route
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
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
NCN12 Proposed extensionCycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
NCN12 Proposed alternative routeCycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

WW2 pillbox on Potters Bar golf course

📷 Bikeboy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WW2 pillbox on Potters Bar golf course

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Nearby places

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🦉NORTHAW GREAT WOOD COUNTRY PARKNature reserve4.2 km→🏞️NORTHAW GREAT WOODCountry park4.2 km→🌱ParkfieldUrban park1.5 km→🌱Oakmere ParkUrban park1.9 km→🌱Oakmere ParkUrban park1.9 km→✦WROTHAM PARKHistoric site3.3 km→

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