4YLERS #AUSEWAY Public Transport MUSEUMS -AP CONTINUES 7OODHILL For public transport information to getet to CufCuffl ey anand Brookmans Park ! ON OTHER SIDE from Welwynw Garden City and Hatfia eld contact:t: Mill Green Museum & Mill Activity Map 'REAT .ORTH 2D Intalinkalin (Busus Times):m www.intalink.org.uk,k Tel. 08707 608 2 608. Housed in a fully restored 18th century watermill, the Trainain Information:formmaation www.nationalrail.co.uk.lrrail museum displays local artefacts from pre history to the present day. You can also watch fl our being milled Thiss chcharmingharm sitete nonow owned and see the water wheel in action. Admission is free. by Cufflffl ey Parishish CCouncilncilcil has ,ANE "ELL "AR Open every day except Monday’s. " a widede vvarietyetyy oof fl ora, andndd "ULLS the streamreamm rurunningun along thehee Access from Mill Green Lane. 4RANSMITTING southernouthernrn bobouboundarynd adds to 3TATION .ORTHAW 'REAT 7OOD the habitatatt diversity.didiversersit ! #OUNTRY 0ARK AccessA fromom ToTolmersrss RoRoad. Welwyn Roman Baths 7AYMARKED 0ATHS 3ITE OF 3PECIAL 3CIENTIFIC )NTEREST The remains of a third century Roman bath house are MILE TRAIL preserved in a vault under the A1(M). The baths are "ROOKMANS MINS Home Wood open most weekends and school holiday afternoons. MILE TRAIL There is a small admission charge for adults. MINS 0ARK Access from Welwyn By-Pass. !VE MILE TRAIL (ILL "ROOKMANS "ROOKMANS MINS 0ARK ,ANE -OFFATS &OOTPATHS #ARBONE For both museums: Tel. 01707 271362. (OME 7OOD www.hertsmuseums.org.uk & scroll down to " 4HE 2IDGEWAY ‘Mill Green Museum’ or ‘Welwyn Roman Baths’. 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Persons viewing this mapping should contact Ordnance Survey Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield copyright for advice should they wish to licence Ordnance Survey mapping for their own use. Such mapping is based upon Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Her Majesty’s Stationery Offi ce © Crown Old Welwyn, Welham Green copyright 100019606 2005. " 0OTTERS "AR Photography by Andy Wright Brookmans Park, Cuffley Cartography, additional photography, leafl et design by Stephen Wragg - Wragg Art House: www.wah.co.uk ! © WAH 2005 PARKS WOODLANDS PLAYING FIELDS & NATURE RESERVES Bushey Ley Open Space [D4] Hazel Grove [B6] Sherrardspark Wood [C3] King George V Playing Fields [D4] Get out Access from Bushey Ley, The Ridgeway. Birds, bats and butterfl ies are on the increase in this A large oak/hornbeam woodland right on the doorstep Welwyn Garden City & Black Fan Road. oak-hornbeam wood since the revival of traditional of hundreds of Garden City residents. Extending over Improve your forehand on one of the tennis coppice management by the University. Arrange a 200 acres, there are way-marked paths and bridleways courts, shoot some basketball hoops or take your and explore tour by contacting the University on 01707 285128. and many access points on all sides. skateboard / BMX down to the Skate Park. If you want a slower pace relax with a game of bowls. Chantry Lane Copse [B6] Access from Hazel Grove. Various access points on foot. There is an open space within Parking at Campus West and Rectory Road. Follow the way marked paths in this small pocket of Main access from Beehive Lane. walking distance of almost woodland where chalk and fl int were once quarried. every home and offi ce in Access from Chantry Lane. Howe Dell / Stream Woods and beyond... [C6] Set in an area of grassland and woodland is a ‘swallow Singlers Marsh [C2] Birchwood Playing Fields [C5] hole’ where the stream disappears into a basin shaped This small and sometimes wet lowland meadow Access from Longmead. Hatfi eld and Welwyn Garden hole. It was created naturally by acidic water dissolving is grazed by rare breed cattle in late summer and City and many more are just a The Commons [D5] the underlying chalk and causing the soil to collapse. autumn. You can take a stroll, listen to the birds, or Roam through woods and grassland, then discover the Why not cycle here on the Great North Way? Oxleys feed the ducks in the River Mimram. wetland habitat of this recently established reserve. Wood [C6] and Centenary Park [C6] are only a few Access from Fulling Mill Lane & Codicote Road. Digswell Playing Fields [C3] short trip away. The adjoining fi eld is managed to encourage farmland minutes ride or walk away to the south. Access from Digswell Park Road & Hertford Road. birds and local wildlife. Not suitable for pushchairs. Access – Various points in South Hatfi eld. This revised edition of the Access from The Commons & Howlands. St Albans Road East Park [C6] Activity Map now covers the Somewhere to stretch your legs in the heart of Hatfi eld. Handside Lane Playing Fields [C4] Access from Hobbs Way, off Colgrove. whole district of Welwyn Lemsford Springs [B4] Access from St Albans Road East & French Horn Lane. Danesbury [C2] This reserve is owned and managed by the Herts & Danesbury lies on high ground north of Welwyn Middlesex Wildlife Trust. There are two hides for bird Hatfi eld and includes even Village. Gentle walks around meadows grazed by rare watching by the River Lea. Access can be arranged by Lemsford Playing Fields [B4] breeds of cattle. more open spaces to discover, telephoning the trust on 01727 858901. Stanborough Park [C4] Access from Brocket Road. Access from Codicote Road, North Ride, www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/herts 126 acres of parkland are ready to be explored with Bowmans Close & Carleton Rise. a range of facilities for all. Follow the paths around cycle tracks to ride and parks to Access from Lemsford Village. the two lakes, hire a boat, learn to sail, explore play in. So get outside, breathe Stanborough Reedmarsh reserve or take a break at Moneyhole Lane Playing Fields [D4] the café. There are also facilities for fi shing, including Main access from Sylvan Way. in the fresh air and take a bit of The Dell [C5] platforms for the disabled. Small woodland on the outskirts of Hatfi eld. Mardley Heath [C1] gentle exercise. www.fi nesseleisure.co.uk Access from Pleasant Rise. A favourite with horse riders and walkers alike, enjoy & click on ‘Stanborough Park’. ninety acres of open heath and woodland. A great Roe Hill Playing Fields [B6] Whether you want to walk the place for bluebells in May. Access from Stanborough Road. Main access from Briars Lane. Digswell Lakes [C3] Access from Heath Road car park dog, cycle, have a family picnic, & Oaklands residential area. This 17.5 acre area of lake, wood and grassland is open to members of the Digswell Lake Society. Nestled Welwyn Playing Fields [C2] grab a sandwich away from the Access from Ottway Walk. between Bessemer Road and the River Mimram, it is offi ce or kick a ball around with owned and maintained by the Society. For information Rolls & Blackthorn Woods [D4] on membership, visit www.digswell-lake.org.uk. Connecting Panshanger and the Cole Green Way, take your grand children, use this Access from Digswell Park Road. a walk through this local woodland. guide to explore and enjoy the Owned and maintained by Redland Lafarge. Access from Black Fan Road local area. & Panshanger residential area. ! " # $ % ,ONDON 2D 2ABLEY 4HE 'REAT .ORTH 7AY " (EATH .#. 2OUTE "RIDGE 7AY TO 3TEVENAGE .ORTH ,ETCHWORTH "ALDOCK 2OAD
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