Tylers Causeway Public Transport MUSEUMS Map continues Woodhill A1000 For public transport information to get to Cuffley and on other side from Garden City and Hatfield contact: Mill Green Museum & Mill Great North Rd Intalink (Bus Times): www.intalink.org.uk, Tel. 0300 123 4050 Housed in a fully restored 18th century watermill, the Activity Map Train Information: www.nationalrail.co.uk. museum displays local artefacts from pre history to the present day. You can also watch flour being milled and This charming site now owned see the water wheel in action. There is a small admission by Cuffley Parish Council has Lane Bell Bar charge. Open Tue-Thu and Sun. B158 a wide variety of flora, and This map has been created to celebrate ’s Bulls the stream running along the Access from Mill Green Lane. Centenary in 2020, with Ebenezer Howard’s vision of a marriage Transmitting southern boundary adds to of town and country. Sports have played a major part in the Station the habitat diversity. history of the town and the map is designed to encourage you to A1000 Country Park Access from Tolmers Road. Welwyn Roman Baths get active in the town and surrounding area. Site of Special Scientific Interest Waymarked Paths The remains of a third century Roman bath house are It is based on an original version published in 2005, which has 3/4 mile trail preserved in a vault under the A1(M). The baths are open been updated by staff from County Council and Brookmans (25mins) Home Wood most weekends and school holiday afternoons. There is a volunteers from WelHatCycling. 11/4 mile trail small admission charge for adults. We are very grateful to Austin’s Family Funeral Directors and (45mins) Park Access from Welwyn By-Pass. Waitrose Partners who have kindly provided financial support. Ave. 21/2 mile trail Hill Brookmans Brookmans (75mins) Park Lane Moffats Footpaths Carbone For more information visit the museums website The Grove Home Wood https://welhat.gov.uk/museum or tel: 01707 357850 B157 The Ridgeway e-mail: [email protected] Gobions Shepherds Way Open Space Tolmers & Pond Northaw Great Wood Explore 290 acres of oak, Road hornbeam and birch Gobions Wood woodland. Once part of a vast Cuffley This 42 acre woodland and common, the Great Wood has grassland is maintained by Herts Swanley Bar Lane hidden away glades, ponds Swanley and brooks. Cuffley and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Bar In Gobions Wood look out for Gates open at 8am daily the remains of the 18th century and close again at 5pm Station Road pleasure gardens. (1 November – 31 March) Main access from or 6pm (1 April – 31 October). The Grove and Moffats Lane. Little Heath The Countryside Management Service (CMS) works with Northaw communities across Hertfordshire to help them care for and Hatfield Rd East enjoy the environment. Visit the CMS website www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/cms to Access from Road download this and other free maps in this series. Coopers Lane Northaw Road East where to walk, cycle Tel: 01992 588433, e-mail: [email protected] 2021 Northaw & have fun outdoors in: edition Mutton Lane The Cuffley © Crown copyright and database rights 2021 Ordnance Survey EUL 100019606. Use of this data is subject Potters Bar Causeway Playing Fields to terms and conditions: i. you are granted a non-exclusive, royalty free, revocable licence solely to view the Cuffley Playing Fields Licensed Data for non-commercial purposes for the period during which Hertfordshire County Council makes it available; ii. you are not permitted to copy, sub-license, distribute, sell or otherwise make available the Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield Licensed Data to third parties in any form; and iii. third party rights to enforce the terms of this license shall be reserved to Ordnance Survey. Welwyn, Welham Green Potters Bar B556 Photography by Andy Wright and WelHatCycling volunteers. Brookmans Park, Cuffley Cartography, additional photography, leaflet design by Stephen Wragg - Wragg Art House: www.wah.co.uk A1000 © WAH 2021 PARKS, WOODLANDS Get out & NATURE RESERVES PLAYING FIELDS Bushey Ley Open Space [D4] / Stream Woods and beyond... [C6] [C2] King George V Playing Fields [D4] Access from Bushey Ley, The Ridgeway. Set in an area of grassland and woodland is a ‘swallow This small and sometimes wet lowland meadow Welwyn Garden City and explore & Black Fan Road. hole’ where the stream disappears into a basin shaped is grazed by rare breed cattle in late summer and Improve your forehand on one of the tennis There is an open space within hole. It was created naturally by acidic water dissolving autumn. You can take a stroll, listen to the birds, or courts, shoot some basketball hoops or take your the underlying chalk and causing the soil to collapse. feed the ducks in the River Mimram. skateboard / BMX down to the Skate Park. If you walking distance of every Why not cycle here on the Great North Way? Oxleys Access from Fulling Mill Lane & Codicote Road. want a slower pace relax with a game of bowls. Chantry Lane Copse [B6] Wood [C6] and Centenary Park [C6] are only a few Follow the way marked paths in this small pocket of Main access from Beehive Lane. home and office in Hatfield and minutes ride or walk away to the south. woodland where chalk and flint were once quarried. Access – Various points in South Hatfield. Welwyn Garden City and many Access from Chantry Lane. St Albans Road East Park [C6] more are just a short trip away. Somewhere to stretch your legs in the heart of Hatfield. Birchwood Playing Fields [C5] Access from St Albans Road East & French Horn Lane. Access from Longmead. [B4] [D5] This revised edition of the The Commons This reserve is owned and managed by the Herts & Roam through woods and grassland, then discover the Middlesex Wildlife Trust. There are two hides for bird wetland habitat of this recently established reserve. Activity Map has been created watching by the River Lea. Access can be arranged by Stanborough Park [C4] Playing Fields [C3] The adjoining field is managed to encourage farmland telephoning the trust on 01727 858901. 126 acres of parkland are ready to be explored with a Access from Digswell Park Road & Hertford Road. specially for Welwyn Garden birds and local wildlife. range of facilities for all. Follow the paths around the www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk City Centenary, with assistance Access from The Commons & Howlands. two lakes, try orienteering, hire a boat, learn to sail, Access from Lemsford Village. explore Stanborough Reedmarsh reserve or take a [C4] break at the café. There are also facilities for fishing, Handside Lane Playing Fields from Hertfordshire County Access from Hobbs Way, off Colgrove. including platforms for the disabled. Danesbury [C2] Council and WelHat Cycling. www.better.org.uk Danesbury lies on high ground north of Welwyn Village [C1] The map includes new cycle and includes the restored Victorian Fernery. Gentle A favourite with horse riders and walkers alike, enjoy Access from Stanborough Road. Lemsford Playing Fields [B4] walks around meadows grazed by rare breeds of cattle. ninety acres of open heath and woodland. A great paths that have been created place for bluebells in May. Access from Brocket Road. Access from Codicote Road, North Ride, Access from Heath Road car park since the last edition, a few Bowmans Close & Carleton Rise. (D3) & Oaklands residential area. A diverse 10 acre reserve nestling in the Mimram useful additional bridleways Valley, where a fantastic two storey hide gives great Moneyhole Lane Playing Fields [D4] Main access from Sylvan Way. and some updates to The Dell [C5] views of the wildlife in clear, chalk stream waters. Small woodland on the outskirts of Hatfield. Rolls & Blackthorn Woods [D4] www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk information about local Parks, Connecting Panshanger and the Cole Green Way, take Access from Pleasant Rise. Access from road entry to Bury Farm. a walk through this local woodland. Roe Hill Playing Fields [B6] Woodlands and Museums. Access from Black Fan Road Main access from Briars Lane. & Panshanger residential area. Whether you want to walk the Digswell Lakes [C3] Tewin Orchard and Hopkyns Wood (D2) This 17.5 acre area of lake, wood and grassland is open This traditional village orchard has locally distinct [C2] dog, cycle, have a family picnic, to members of the Digswell Lake Society. Nestled fruit varieties and a hide which is perfect for watching Welwyn Playing Fields Access from Ottway Walk. between Bessemer Road and the River Mimram, it is [C3] badgers and other mammals from. grab a sandwich away from the A large oak/hornbeam woodland right on the doorstep owned and maintained by the Society. For information www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk on membership, visit www.digswell-lake.org.uk. of hundreds of Garden City residents. Extending over office or kick a ball around with 200 acres, there are way-marked paths and bridleways Access from Upper Green Road. Access from Digswell Park Road. your grandchildren, use this and many access points on all sides. Various access points on foot. guide to explore and enjoy the Parking at Campus West and Rectory Road. local area.