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Lodge Plantation - Woodland plantation

2 ha

📷 Christine Matthews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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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
🛝Playground 294m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 294m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

9 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Farm visits

Strong match

Farm attraction nearby; Farm shop nearby

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 30 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Ver Valley Walk 5Walking route

The Three Burys Walk

Named routeRef Ver5Local walking route

Ver Valley Walk 7Walking route

The Watermeadow Walk

Named routeRef Ver 7Local walking route

Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shenley Route 5Walking route

Named routeRef 5Local walking route

Shenley Walk 1Walking route

Named routeRef 1Local walking route

Lowbell Lanepublic footpath · 65 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mPath type: residential

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Cycling

109 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Shenley CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Verulamium Park Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

St Albans Green RingCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National 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

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

125,573 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

125,573 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2025

Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Collared Dove · Redwing +56

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CootFulica atra
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
BuzzardButeo buteo
NuthatchSitta europaea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
TealAnas crecca
JayGarrulus glandarius
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Rock DoveColumba livia
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
StonechatSaxicola rubicola

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

125,573 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2025

Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Collared Dove · Redwing +56

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CootFulica atra
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
BuzzardButeo buteo
NuthatchSitta europaea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
TealAnas crecca
JayGarrulus glandarius
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Rock DoveColumba livia
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
StonechatSaxicola rubicola

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Christine Matthews · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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