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Photo of Knebworth House and Gardens, a country park near Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Knebworth House and Gardens© Humphrey Bolton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Nature reserves in HertfordshireHertfordshire, England

51 nature reserves in the Albion Guide across Hertfordshire — see the full nature reserves directory, or everything to explore in Hertfordshire.

Photo of Knebworth House and Gardens, a country park near Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Knebworth House and Gardens

Country park near Ayot St Lawrence

A Gothic Victorian house reworked by the novelist Bulwer-Lytton, with Lutyens gardens.

1.4 km²

Photo of Aldenham Country Park, a country park near Watford, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Aldenham Country Park

Country park near Watford

A country park in Hertfordshire.

0.75 km²

Photo of Bishops Wood Country Park, a country park near Watford, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Bishops Wood Country Park

Country park near Watford

A country park in Hertfordshire.

0.42 km²

Photo of Northaw Great Wood Country Park, a country park in Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Northaw Great Wood Country Park

Country park near Hertford

A country park in Hertfordshire.

1.2 km²

Photo of River Lee Country Park, a country park near Hertford, Essex, eastern England.

River Lee Country Park

Country park near Hertford

A country park in Essex.

12 km²

Photo of Southern Parkland Country Park, a country park near Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Southern Parkland Country Park

Country park near Much Hadham

A country park in Hertfordshire.

0.23 km²

Photo of Red, White & Blue Country Park, a country park near Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Red, White & Blue Country Park

Country park near Much Hadham

A country park in Hertfordshire.

Photo of Roughdown Common, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Potten End, Hertfordshire, eastern England.

Roughdown Common

SSSI near Potten End

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Pishiobury Park

Country park near Much Hadham

A country park in Hertfordshire.

0.36 km²

Stanborough Park

Country park near Ayot Green

A country park in Hertfordshire.

0.53 km²

Photo of Frogmore Meadows, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Flaunden in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, England.

Frogmore Meadows

SSSI near Flaunden

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire.

Photo of Sarratt Bottom, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Chilterns, Hertfordshire, England.

Sarratt Bottom

SSSI near Sarratt

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Ashridge Commons and Woods

SSSI near Aldbury

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

6.3 km²

Bricket Wood Common

SSSI near Watford

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.72 km²

Knebworth Woods

SSSI near Preston

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

1.3 km²

Therfield Heath

SSSI near Ashwell

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

1.5 km²

Turnford & Cheshunt Pits

SSSI near Hertford

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

1.7 km²

Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South

SSSI near Hertford

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

2 km²

Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Woods North

SSSI near Hertford

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

1.4 km²

Broxbourne Woods

National Nature Reserve near Hertford

A National Nature Reserve in Hertfordshire.

2.4 km²

Aldbury Nowers

SSSI near Aldbury

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.2 km²

Blagrove Common

SSSI near Cottered

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Croxley Common Moor

SSSI near Watford

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.4 km²

Hertford Heath

SSSI near Hertford

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.29 km²

Hunsdon Mead

SSSI near Ware

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.34 km²

Little Heath Pit

SSSI near Potten End

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Patmore Heath

SSSI near Braughing

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Plashes Wood

SSSI near Much Hadham

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.73 km²

Rye Meads

SSSI near Ware

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.6 km²

Sherrardspark Wood

SSSI near Ayot Green

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.74 km²

Whippendell Wood

SSSI near Sarratt

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.67 km²

Alpine Meadow

SSSI near Berkhamsted

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Amwell Quarry

SSSI near Ware

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.37 km²

Ashwell Springs

SSSI near Ashwell

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Benington High Wood

SSSI near Benington

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.21 km²

Castle Lime Works Quarry

SSSI near St Albans

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Downfield Pit, Westmill

SSSI near Ware

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Great Hormead Park

SSSI near Braughing

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.15 km²

Hillcollins Pit

SSSI near Braughing

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Moor Hall Meadows

SSSI near Cottered

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.24 km²

Moor Mill Quarry, West

SSSI near St Albans

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Oddy Hill and Tring Park

SSSI near Tring

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.36 km²

Oughtonhead Lane

SSSI near Hitchin

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Redwell Wood

SSSI near St Albans

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.53 km²

Sawbridgeworth Marsh

SSSI near Much Hadham

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Tewinbury

SSSI near Ayot Green

A small Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

Thorley Flood Pound

SSSI near Much Hadham

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.17 km²

Tring Woodlands

SSSI near Tring

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.24 km²

Wain Wood

SSSI near Preston

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.19 km²

Water End Swallow Holes

SSSI near St Albans

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.

0.11 km²

Westwood Quarry

SSSI near Sarratt

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.