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Upper Millfield Wood

8 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

51.83855, -0.02148

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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 313m away — 8 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 313m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Large White +53 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Large White +53 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Orange Mullein, Dwarf Spurge +151 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Orange Mullein, Dwarf Spurge +151 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Blackthorn, Elder +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional 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

Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route

New River PathWalking route

Named routeRef NRRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

39 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 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 route78 m

Named routeRef 61Length 78 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route45 m

Named routeRef 61Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route711 m

Named routeRef 61Length 711 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🐴

Horse riding

13 public paths nearby

Public paths

Old Church Lanebridleway · 133 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 133 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway

Old Church Lanebridleway · 1 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmSurface compactedPath type: bridleway

Youngsbury Lanebridleway · 145 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 145 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

4,557 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,557 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

springautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Pheasant · Carrion Crow +54

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
NuthatchSitta europaea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

spring

2024

Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Rabbit · Muntjac · Brown Hare

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Fallow DeerDama dama
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2024

Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small Heath +4

Small WhitePieris rapae
Large WhitePieris brassicae
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus

🌿

Plants29 species

summer

2025

Burnet-saxifrage · Spurge-laurel · Greater Snowdrop · Stinking Hellebore · Annual Beard-grass +24

Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2024
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis2024
Picris hieracioides subsp. hieracioidesPicris hieracioides subsp. hieracioides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,557 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

springautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Pheasant · Carrion Crow +54

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
NuthatchSitta europaea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

spring

2024

Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Rabbit · Muntjac · Brown Hare

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Fallow DeerDama dama
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2024

Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small Heath +4

Small WhitePieris rapae
Large WhitePieris brassicae
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus

🌿

Plants29 species

summer

2025

Burnet-saxifrage · Spurge-laurel · Greater Snowdrop · Stinking Hellebore · Annual Beard-grass +24

Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2024
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis2024
Picris hieracioides subsp. hieracioidesPicris hieracioides subsp. hieracioides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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