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WW2 Boreham Airfield USAF Memorial

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

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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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Allygus mixtus, Stictopleurus abutilon +2 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Allygus mixtus, Stictopleurus abutilon +2 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary CircleWalking route34 km

Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Admiral McHardy WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Saffron TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Regional Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route

Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

(50)Cycling route

National Cycle Network link route between NCN 16 and Regional Route 50

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route20 m

Named routeRef 50Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 50Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,601 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,601 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumn

2025

Mallard · Gadwall · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Tufted Duck +45

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
MagpiePica pica
TealAnas crecca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Common GullLarus canus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwallowHirundo rustica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,601 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumn

2025

Mallard · Gadwall · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Tufted Duck +45

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
MagpiePica pica
TealAnas crecca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Common GullLarus canus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwallowHirundo rustica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦NEW HALL, BOREHAMHistoric site2.7 km→🌱The ChaseUrban park3.2 km→✦TERLING PLACEHistoric site3.6 km→🌱Brooklands ParkUrban park4.1 km→🌱Deer ParkUrban park4.4 km→🌱Boleyn GardensUrban park3.6 km→

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