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Open Access Land in Hertfordshire
There are 30-40 significant open access sites in Hertfordshire. The best of these are described below together with information about how to get there and where to go for further information. In almost all the cases the sites are owned and managed by an organisation other than the County Council.For those who are interested in any of the sites that are open access a spreadsheet has now been added below that provides some basic information such as size, location, ownership (where public).
- Ashridge Estate
- Boxmoor (Hemel Hempstead)
- Bricket Wood Common
- Chipperfield Common
- Chorleywood Common
- Croxley Common Moor
- Harpenden Common
- Hudnall Common
- Ickleford Common
- King's Meads (Hertford and Ware)
- Oughtonhead Common (Hitchin)
- Pegsdon Hills, Hoo Bit and Lilley Hoo
- Pitstone Hill and Aldbury Nowers
- Stort Valley Meads
- Therfield Heath (Royston)
Hertfordshire's Open Access Land - Summary spreadsheet : 79KB
Spreadsheet providing summary information for open access land sites in herts
If you have any queries regarding access on these sites feel free to contact the local Countryside Access Officer on 01992 555279. Further more general information about access to the countryside can be found on the national Countryside Access website (link at right).
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