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Steeple Morden Airfield (WW II)

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Dogs welcome

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
  • 🌿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

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Cowslip, Forked Veilwort, Pellitory-of-the-wall +43 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cowslip, Forked Veilwort, Pellitory-of-the-wall +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Chickweed, Blackthorn, Crab Apple +9 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper +27 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper +27 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route
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
🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

RAF / USAAF Steeple Morden airfield memorial

RAF / USAAF Steeple Morden airfield memorial

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