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Walk 233: Northaw Great Wood Blue Trail

1.45 miles (2.33km) with 43m of total ascent


A sign post along the blue trail in Northaw Great Wood
A sign post along the blue trail in Northaw Great Wood
The blue trail at Northaw Great Wood is ideal for those who want a shady walk with easy access from a car park. It loops inside the longer yellow trail and circles the shorter red trail. All three trails are signposted but not all forks are marked, which is why we have created separate walks for all three with GPX navigation files which you can use to follow the routes on a compatible mobile device.

There is a large car park (location - https://w3w.co/lunch.wounds.jelly) and you will need to have £1 in change for the parking fee honesty box. There are toilets next to the car park but there are no refreshment facilities or any pubs or cafes within easy walking distance. You will find picnic tables and benches along all three trails, and visitors are encouraged to take their rubbish home for environmental reasons.

Northaw Great Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The 223.6-hectare (553-acre) was once part of a huge Norman wood with mostly birch, oak and hornbeam. The historic woodland is managed by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council with help from volunteers who belong to Friends of Northaw Great Wood.

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If you want to check what sort of landscape you will be crossing before you set off on this walk you can view a 30-second video of the route (below). The video is created using the free version of Relive.


Directions


Map for Walk 233: Northaw Great Wood Blue Trail
Map for Walk 233: Northaw Great Wood Blue Trail
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There is an interactive map at the foot of this page
Those with GPS devices can download GPX or KML files for this walk. We've added What3Words location references for those who use that system. If you print these walks you might want to use the green PrintFriendly icon at the bottom of these directions to delete elements such as photographs.

The map and GPX navigation file on this page are for the blue trail which is 1.45 miles long and involves 43m of total ascent. We have also created a map and GPX navigation files for both the yellow trail, which is 2.75 miles, and the red trail which is 0.75 miles.

The honesty box (location - https://w3w.co/desks.prone.mass) for the £1 parking fee is in the wall of the green building (see image below).

The information hut with toilets and car park honesty box
The information hut with toilets and car park honesty box

The £1 honesty box for the car park charge
The £1 honesty box for the car park charge

The blue trail winding through Northaw Great Wood
The blue trail winding through Northaw Great Wood

There are picnic tables halfway round the blue trail
There are picnic tables along the blue trail

Look out for the White Admiral butterfly along the way Image by Hertfordshire Walker released under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0
Look out for the White Admiral butterfly along the way



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