Parks & outdoor spaces

Oxhey Activity Park (open 24/7) includes a skate park (suitable for all ages), café (with toilets with Changing Places services), table tennis tables (bring your own bat & ball), toddler and junior play area and improved walking and cycling routes through the park including disabled access.

A one hundred hectare woodland with an easy access sculpture trail just waiting to be explored. The local nature reserve has an easy access circular walk of one km, which starts and ends at the car park. The trail has a firm surface and is suitable for young families with buggies, wheelchair users and those less mobile. Natural sculptures found along the way depict the wildlife and history of the woods, and benches provide opportunities to stop and take in the peace and tranquility. For more energetic users the woods contain several longer trails, numerous footpaths to explore and an orienteering course. There is a car park in the southern part of the woods at the junction of Prestwick Road and Oxhey Drive.

Panshanger Park is 400 hectares of stunning countryside. You can enjoy the surroundings of ancient woodland, veteran oak trees and views across the Mimram Valley. Some areas of earlier mineral extraction have been restored to agricultural land, which supports winter populations of endangered farmland birds and summer breeding populations of lapwing. On the lakes and the river you may see kingfishers, great crested grebes and, if you are lucky, an osprey passing though on migration.

Redbourn Common is a large, beautiful area of open grassland at the heart of Redbourn, with plenty of space for walking, cycling, scooting, ball games and family picnics. There is also a playground on East Common.

The Common has been central to village life for hundreds of years. In medieval times, it contained the “Mounds of the Banners”, believed to be the burial place of St Amphibalus—the... Read more

Visit the website for 6 maps marking heritage walking routes around Redbourn. Click on the maps to get full details of all the points of interest on the route. Each maps has two sets of instructions - the full history and a version for children.

Redbourn has four play areas, each offering equipment for different ages and abilities.

East Common Play Area is suitable for children aged 0–12 and includes swings, a wide slide, climbing nets, monkey bars, a balance trail, a wooden play boat, and a toddler play unit. It also has an accessible swing.

Flamsteadbury Lane Play Area has separate baby/toddler and junior... Read more

From London 2012 venues to campsites, heritage sites, cycling, walking, white water rafting, horse riding, nature reserves and wide open spaces - you name it and it's likely to be waiting for you in the Lee Valley. Home of Lee Valley Boat Centre, Lee Valley White Water Centre, Lee Valley Farm Parks plus more. There are various access point to the park. See the website for details.

Rothamsted Park covers 23 hectares and provides a home for many of the town's sport and recreational activities including a skate park, play areas, floodlit courts for tennis, netball and 5-a-side football, cricket squares, several football pitches, and the Leisure Centre. However, it is also the place for a gentle stroll, a dog walk or a quiet picnic and cultural activities at the Eric Morecambe Centre such as exhibitions and concerts. Paid parking on Amenbury Lane. Some free parking available on Leyton Road.

Ruislip Lido, a 60-acre lake with sandy beaches and a narrow gauge railway around it, is set on the edge of Ruislip woods.

The beach at Ruislip Lido is open, but swimming is not permitted.

Beach - Woodland Centre - The Waters edge restaurant/pub (This is not managed by LBH) - Cafe/restaurant beach side (This is not managed by LBH) - Fishing (when permitted)- Play areas... Read more

Take a walk through the woodland, heathland and grassland. Enjoy the view of the heronry. Dogs are welcome. Bring your bikes and enjoy the trails (Permits are required). There are play spots across the site. Some of the paths are suitable for wheelchair users.