Where is Chorleywood House Estate?

Chorleywood House Estate is in Hertfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode WD3 5SY), in the parish of Chorleywood.

Is Chorleywood House Estate a protected site?

Yes — Chorleywood House Estate is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).

Is Chorleywood House Estate free to visit?

Yes, Chorleywood House Estate is free to enter.

How do I get to Chorleywood House Estate?

The nearest railway station is Chorleywood, about 1.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WD3 5SY.

Are dogs allowed at Chorleywood House Estate?

Most wildlife reserves allow dogs on lead only, with restrictions during ground-nesting bird season (March-July). Check signage at the reserve.

Wildlife reserves · West Midlands

Chorleywood House Estate

Free admission

Chorleywood House Estate is a wildlife reserve in the United Kingdom.

Chorleywood House Estate, wildlife reserves in Hertfordshire — Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 2 h–4 h
Best time of year: Autumn & winter (migration & wildfowl)
Nearest railway station: Chorleywood · 1.5 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Chorleywood House Estate is a wildlife reserve in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 51.6631°, -0.5021°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.

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Protected designations

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Chorleywood House Estate is a 64.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Chorleywood in Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by Three Rivers District Council, and the declaring authority is Hertfordshire County Council. It was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2007. The River Chess runs through the estate which has formal parkland, meadows and mature woodland. Protected species include coralroot bittercress. Chorleywood Dell is a key neutral grassland site in the Biodiversity Action Plan for Hertfordshire. The gardens surround the 200-year-old manor house and summer house. There is access from Common Road.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

Description

A Regency mansion called Chorleywood House was built here in 1822 by John Barnes, replacing an earlier farm house. In 1892, the house was bought by Lady Ela Russell, a relative of the Duke of Bedford and she modified and enlarged the house. In June 1940, the mansion and land were bought by the Chorleywood Urban District Council, together with Hertfordshire County Council and London County Council and designated a public open space. During World War Two, the mansion housed evacuees from London. Chorleywood UDC then adopted the house for their offices and the Public Library was housed here. Tenants lived in flats in the upper storeys. When Chorleywood UDC devolved to become Three Rivers DC in…

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Coordinates: 51.6631, -0.5021
County: Hertfordshire
District: Three Rivers
Parish: Chorleywood
Postcode: WD3 5SY
Parliamentary constituency: South West Hertfordshire
Nearest railway station: Chorleywood — 1.5 km
Official site: www.chorleywoodhouse.org.uk

Sources

wikidata: Q19587164 (CC0)
wikipedia: Chorleywood House Estate (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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