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Chorleywood Common Conservationists

Chorleywood Common is an ancient Common, mentioned in the Domesday Book and is one of the largest areas of Common land in South West Hertfordshire (80 Hectares). Certain residents still have Common Rights over the land.
Now a local nature reserve.

The Common was deeded to Chorleywood Urban District Council by the then Lord of the Manor and is now owned by Chorleywood Parish Council. The Common is subject to byelaws, copies of which are posted at various points around the Common as is the Common Management Plan, and Woodland Management Plan, which gives full information on everything to do with the Common.

The Common is a Local Nature Reserve because it supports three different unimproved grassland habitats - acid heath, neutral grass and chalk meadow, all of which are very important in a County which has lost over 90% of its natural grassland in the last century.

The Common has seven ponds, all of which have been recovered and restored by the Parish Council over the past ten years.

There is also a considerable area of new woodland. This variety of existing habitats on a single site is perhaps unique in Hertfordshire.

Opening Hours (Office): Monday-Friday 9.00am-1.00pm.

Parent organisation: Chorleywood Parish Council.