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'The Mount'

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📷 Robert Edwards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

51.99361, -0.06634

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +39 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Large White +37 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Large White +37 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Yellow Corydalis, Adder's-tongue +3 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Yellow Corydalis, Adder's-tongue +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 2 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
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route
Weston Golden Jubilee WalkWalking route
Named route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Icknield Waypublic footpath · 377 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 377 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths
Park Lanebyway open to all traffic · 746 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 746 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

House at Notley Green, Herts.

📷 Robert Edwards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

House at Notley Green, Herts.

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦JULIANSHistoric site3.1 km→🌱Well GreenUrban park3.7 km→🌱Churchend GreenUrban park800 m→✦Kelshall crossHistoric site1.9 km→✦Site of Therfield castleHistoric site2.6 km→✦Motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks 100m south of Tuthill FarmHistoric site2.6 km→

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