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The Chapel of the Holy Cross and St Alban

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

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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 135m away — 10 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 135m away — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Heath Speedwell, Variable-leaved Crestwort, Neat Feather-moss +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heath Speedwell, Variable-leaved Crestwort, Neat Feather-moss +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Broxbourne Woods NNR Trail

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

13 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Red TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Short TrailWalking route

Named routeListed length 1.3Round tripLocal walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 02Walking route

Named routeRef LW02Local 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

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

Brickendon Liberty 020public footpath · 464 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 464 mSurface grassPath type: footway

Brickendon Liberty 020public footpath · 724 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 724 mSurface groundPath type: footway

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Cycling

24 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

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 61Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route13 m

Named routeRef 61Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route101 m

Named routeRef 61Length 101 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route284 m

Named routeRef 61Length 284 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route274 m

Named routeLength 274 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

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Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Fanshaws Lanebyway open to all traffic · 15 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 15 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Fanshaws Lanebyway open to all traffic · 50 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 50 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Fanshaws Lanebyway open to all traffic · 130 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 130 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Fanshaws Lanebyway open to all traffic · 34 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 34 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Fanshaws Lanebyway open to all traffic · 59 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 59 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

20,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Magpie +40

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Noctule · Grey Squirrel

NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

Neophilaenus lineatus · Zyginidia scutellaris · Arthaldeus pascuellus

Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus
Zyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellaris
Arthaldeus pascuellusArthaldeus pascuellus

🌿

Plants3 species

autumn

2025

Heath Speedwell · Variable-leaved Crestwort · Neat Feather-moss

Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Magpie +40

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Noctule · Grey Squirrel

NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects3 species

autumn

2025

Neophilaenus lineatus · Zyginidia scutellaris · Arthaldeus pascuellus

Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus
Zyginidia scutellarisZyginidia scutellaris
Arthaldeus pascuellusArthaldeus pascuellus

🌿

Plants3 species

autumn

2025

Heath Speedwell · Variable-leaved Crestwort · Neat Feather-moss

Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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