Getting here
52.04168, -0.03913
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 442m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 442m away — 2 car parks within reach
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blackcap +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blackcap +64 more · last seen 2025
Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White +51 more · last seen 2025
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Common Fragrant-orchid, Rosebay Willowherb +20 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Common Fragrant-orchid, Rosebay Willowherb +20 more · last seen 2025
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Hawkweed Oxtongue, Rough Hawkbit +1 more foraging species
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
5 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km
long distance footpath 169 km
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km
Long distance path
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route
Not waymarked
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.
Icknield Waypublic footpath · 179 m
Icknield Waypublic footpath · 81 m
Icknield Waypublic footpath · 64 m
🚴Cycling
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
N/ACycling route209 m
N/ACycling route356 m
N/ACycling route23 m
N/ACycling route109 m
N/ACycling route70 m
N/ACycling route250 m
🚵Mountain biking
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain biking
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
🐴Horse riding
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Horse riding
Briary Lanebridleway · 282 m
Icknield Waybridleway · 446 m
Briary Lanebridleway · 264 m
Briary Lanebridleway · 570 m
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