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A409 JunctionBy 4 road: undergrowth of hawthorn, Stanmore Common A41Studio Way Woodland and Potterswood Park is located in blackthorn and bramble To Edware Borehamwood, close to the A1(M). The main site entrance is creates a perfect home for on Denham Way off Studio Way, accessed from Elstree Way small mammals and birds. A5135, Shenley Road B5378 and Rowley Lane. The flowering plants provide By public transport: a rich source of nectar for The site is 1 ½ mile (30 minute) walk from Elstree and butterflies and bees. Small Borehamwood Railway Station. There are bus stops along patches of bluebells can be Denham Way. found in the more mature For travel details visit www.intalink.org.uk areas of the woodland. Bats can or contact Intalink on 0300 123 4050 (open 8am to 8pm) be seen on a warm summers evening hunting for insects in Studio Way Woodland and The Countryside Management Service the tree canopies and if you are Potterswood Park is owned and (CMS) works with communities in managed by Hertsmere Borough Council. Hertfordshire to help them care for lucky you may catch a glimpse For further information contact the and enjoy the environment. of a fox or even a Muntjac deer. Parks and Amenities team: For more information contact: www.hertsmere.gov.uk/studioway www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/cms Tel: 0800 731 1810 (freephone) Tel: 01992 588433 Listen out for the drumming Email: [email protected] of a great spotted woodpecker on the oak trees and look out For information on other local film for speckled wood butterflies heritage locations visit: flitting about the glades in the Elstree Screen Heritage - www.elstreescreenheritage.org dappled shade. Elstree & Boreham Wood Museum - www.elstree-museum.org.uk

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Cover photo courtesy of The Borehamwood & Elstree Times Wildlife in the park

Interpretation Panel Studio Way Woodland and Potterswood Park is a 5.8 Studio Way hectare (14 acre) open space located in a residential Studio Way area on the north eastern edge of Borehamwood, WoodlandAerial Trail Photo & RoW which was once the backlot of MGM British Studios. Metres

D E N H A M W A Y 0 25 50 75 100 A reminder of the former studios and its glamorous Filming of The Dirty Dozen © Crown copyright and database rights 1966 at Elstree Studios. Car 2017 OS EUL 100019606 past are found in local road names remembering Photo courtesy of Ron Jennings. Park You are permitted to use this data solely to the stars – such as Balcon Way after film Play Area enable you to respond to, or interact with, E i the organisation that provided you with N L A producer, Sir Michael Balcon; Grace the data. You are not permitted to copy, R S HE S E T T sub-licence, distribute or sell any of this data P O Close after Oscar-winning film star S E to third parties in any form. L O C X O Grace Kelly, and Lion Court named C I L W i after the symbol of MGM studios. L O S E C

Y Y A Standing sets for some well-known A R B N L W B A CL O W N A Y films were built here and include a E A M RY W A Y H R E EN G D N castle for Ivanhoe, a French château in I Z Y N A W O A D O The Dirty Dozen and a Chinese village in A I

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Top L-R: The Prisoner, Ivanhoe, 633 Squadron, MGM Clock Tower, Inn of the Sixth Happiness, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Where Eagles Dare, The symbol from the end of a film reel. Bottom L-R: Oak Leaf, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bramble with Blackberries, Answers below entrance feature image Speckled Wood Butterfly, Hawthorn Leaf and Haw, Squirrel, Acorn.