Gobions Wood (c) Josh Kubale
Gobions Wood (c) Josh Kubale
Gobions Wood (c) Josh Kubale
Location
Know before you go
Entry fee
FreeParking information
No official parking. Park on the residential road or in the car park on Moffats Lane.Access
Fairly solid woodland paths and some boarded walkways.
Dogs
When to visit
Opening times
Open at all timesBest time to visit
April to July, September to NovemberAbout the reserve
This rich reserve is primarily woodland but also includes grassland, hedges and ponds. Much of the woodland is ancient. It also contains remnants of a landscaped 18th century ‘pleasure gardens’. The woodland is renowned locally for its display of bluebells and is particularly good for fungi; 558 species have been found – with two of these being new records for the UK and over 100 of which are rare or scarce in Hertfordshire.
Seasonal Highlights
Spring: Bluebells, blackcap, chiffchaff, moshatel, wood anemone, wood sorrel.
Summer: Buzzard, great spotted woodpecker, longtailed tit, nuthatch.
Autumn: 558 recorded fungi including chicken of the woods.
Winter: Goldcrest, redwing, sparrowhawk.
Directions
Site entrance:Various footpaths lead into the reserve from:
- Mymms Drive
- car park on Jonas Way, Moffats Lane
- Blue House Hill public footpath.
Access by road: From Potters Bar head north on A1000 Great North Road for two miles. Turn left into Mymms Drive. The reserve entrance is 0.2 miles on the left.
Access by public transport
Bus: 200,201, 312, 610, 841, 841A) – Great North Way nr Mymms Drive (0.2 miles).
Rail: Brookmans Park (0.6 miles).