Out & about

Playing field with two grass pitches and ample grass areas for informal play.
Newly renovated play area with swings (including an accessible one), climbing frames, aerial runway and more.
A great start for a dog walk with free car parking and direct access onto Oughtonhead Common

A Treasure Trail is a fun way to explore on a self-guided route, solving the sneaky clues set along the way.

Will you discover whodunnit on a detective mystery, reveal the location of the lost loot on a treasure hunt or crack the code on a spy mission? With over 1,200 Trails across the UK, you'll be spoilt for choice.

The Haunted Hitchin treasure hunt Trail, which begins... Read more

The Living Theatre Whitwell is a charitable arts organisation, located in a beautiful outdoor amphitheatre a 15 min drive from Hitchin. We produce a theatre festival each year with a variety of kinds show and workshops. Our focus is making the arts and outdoor spaces accessible to all.

The Triangle Garden is a community garden within a local park where people of all ages and abilities can come together and take part in creative land-based activities, such as growing food, tending plants, creating wildlife habitats and making permanent garden features.

The Garden is a part of a national network of permaculture demonstration projects and seeks to reconnect people with... Read more

Artist teaching fun and experimental alcohol ink art workshops to adults and kids. Designed for ages 12+. Group bookings available. Small class size of 8

Friday 14 July @ 6.30pm - 8pm

Tuesday 8th August @ 6.30pm - 8pm

Saturday 9th September @ 3pm - 4.30pm

£35pp

Independent Family Run
Garden Centre
Vanstone Park Garden Centre has been helping and advising gardeners for over 45 years! We pride ourselves on offering the very best quality plants for garden and home, along with a range of furniture, clothing, gifts and garden accessories. We have a range of other great businesses on site too, along with the Greenhouse Café, a wildlife lake, children's... Read more

Wain Wood is an ancient woodland extending to 19.2 hectares near Preston in North Hertfordshire. The site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest which was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
It's also an excellent place to see beautiful bluebells in Spring

Originally called Rawlings Hill, because of the Mill there, it was then known as Windmill Hill after the windmill burnt down. The miller's cottage was still standing on the Hollow Lane side of the hill until 1950; and there was a house built on the hill in the 1920's, but was unpopular and is no longer there.

Now a great social spot with views down Hermitage Road, it's a great place... Read more