Heartwood Forest
Circular walk
Heartwood Forest is 3 miles north of St Albans in Hertfordshire and only 20 miles from central London. It lies on either side of the B651, between Harpenden, Wheathampstead and Sandridge. To create Heartwood Forest, over half a million trees have been planted and meadows have been sown by an army of volunteers. This walk enables you to discover ancient woodland, the newly planted forest, and to Langley Wood, which has a lovely display of bluebells during the spring-time.
OS Map: OS map available here.
Useful Information
How to get there: From St Albans, head north-east on the B651 and after 4km you will see a brown tourist sign pointing towards the car park from the main road.
Grid Reference: TL 168 107
what3words: ///heats.vote.drum
Nearest Postcode: AL4 9DQ
Parking: Heartwood Forest Car Park.
The Walk
A walk at the largest continous new native forest in England.
Map with thanks to Ordnance Survey.
Walk
1 From the car park, head out on the path leading north. Follow the path as it curves round to the left, then back to the right. Follow the path then to the left as it heads toward the trees.
2 Turn left at point 2 on the map, to head south-west along the path as it heads toward point 3.
3 When you reach point 3, turn left to head down toward and past Langley Wood, heading back to the car park and walk start point.
Similar Walks
Two further walks to consider in the South East.
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