Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.67547, -0.07104
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 50m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 50m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Magpie, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Magpie, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 16-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Skullcap, Purple-loosestrife, Harebell +15 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Skullcap, Purple-loosestrife, Harebell +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Bramble +1 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Gordon Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
New River LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional 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
Enfield FP 8public footpath · 213 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 213 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Enfield FP 8public footpath · 322 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 322 mSurface groundPath type: footway
137 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route (12)Cycling route▾
Alternative (step-free) route avoiding railway bridge
Named routeRef (12)Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
ProposedCycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Photos

The medieval fishing ponds in Forty Hall park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
How useful was the information on this page?
id: 02b0c8f4-307d-49df-80e3-858be4c1f5fe
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Bookable toursWildlife to spot
37,875 records · National Biodiversity Network
▾
Wildlife to spot
37,875 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · House Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- House MouseMus musculus
7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Bitoma crenata · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Bitoma crenataBitoma crenata
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Green Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,875 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · House Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- House MouseMus musculus
7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Bitoma crenata · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Bitoma crenataBitoma crenata
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Green Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaYellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipesYellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipesTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisSharp-collared Furrow BeeLasioglossum malachurumSharp-collared Furrow BeeLasioglossum malachurumAshy Mining BeeAndrena cinerariaAshy Mining BeeAndrena cinerariaRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgarisNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataMetopoplax ditomoidesMetopoplax ditomoidesMetopoplax ditomoidesMetopoplax ditomoidesMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus