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Whitbury Wood

2 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.74401, -0.15331

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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
  • 🌿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

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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Blackbird, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +2 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +9 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Parkfield, Oakmere & Beyond 2 mile walkWalking route2 km
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Red TrailWalking route
Named routeRound tripLocal 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
WGC100 Centenary WalkWalking route20.2 km

Created for Welwyn Garden City's 100th anniversary, a circular walk around the whole town

Named routeLength 20.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
🚴

Cycling

49 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
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
NCN 12 delistedCycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
NCN12 proposed reroutingCycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route201 m
Named routeRef 12Length 201 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km
Named routeRef 12Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths
Hornbeam Lanebridleway · 412 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 412 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: service
Hornbeam Lanebridleway · 1 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Cucumber Lane - geograph.org.uk - 5029111

📷 Robin Webster · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cucumber Lane - geograph.org.uk - 5029111

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Useful places within 5 km

🦉NORTHAW GREAT WOOD COUNTRY PARKNature reserve2.5 km→🏞️NORTHAW GREAT WOODCountry park2.5 km→🌱Northaw Great WoodUrban park2.5 km→✦HATFIELD HOUSEHistoric site3.7 km→🌱Old Palace GardenUrban park4.4 km→🌱Sundial GardenUrban park4.4 km→

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