Furzefield Wood and Lower Halfpenny Bottom

Furzefield Wood and Lower Halfpenny is a 7.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Potters Bar in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Hertsmere Borough Council.

Type: Forest
Description: nature reserve in Hertfordshire, England
Also known as: “Furzefield Wood” and “Furzefield Wood and Lower Halfpenny”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Potters Bar railway station and Brookmans Park railway station.

Potters Bar railway station

Railway station

Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Potters Bar railway station serves the town of Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, England. It is located on the Great Northern route, 12 miles 57 chains north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.

Brookmans Park railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brookmans Park railway station serves the village of Brookmans Park in Hertfordshire, England. The station is located 14 miles 37 chains north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line, on the stretch between Finsbury Park and Hatfield.

Potters Bar Clinic

Hospital

The Potters Bar Clinic is a mental health hospital in Hertfordshire, UK which has 23 acute beds. It is currently owned and run by Elysium Healthcare. The hospital had two wards, Ruby and Crystal originally for men and women respectively.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Potters Bar and Brookmans Park.

Potters Bar

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Potters Bar is a town of 22,000 people in Hertfordshire. It was founded in the 13th century. It borders the northern part of metropolitan London and is today very much in the city's commuter belt. The town is surrounded by Green Belt countryside.

Brookmans Park

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brookmans Park is a village in Hertfordshire, southeast England, known for its BBC transmitter station. It is also a waypoint used in air navigation.

London Colney

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

London Colney is a village and civil parish in south central Hertfordshire. It is a satellite village of St Albans, where some villagers travel to work and shop. As of 2011 it had a population of 9,500 residents.

Furzefield Wood and Lower Halfpenny Bottom

Category: nature reserve
Location: South Mimms, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.7049° or 51° 42′ 18″ north

Longitude

-0.206° or 0° 12′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C3XPQ3V+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 45051440

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

Wikidata ID

Q19873408

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cranborne and Hawkshead Farm.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include King George V Recreation Ground and Potters Bar Crusaders.

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