Open all year
24.5 ha park and nature reserve located to the north of old Welwyn
Danesbury is a historic parkland once linked to Danesbury House. It is now managed extensively using rare-breed cattle and occasional cutting. This kind of grassland is now rare in the county as a result of changes in farming practice, losses arising from development and management neglect.
Even with this, Danesbury still has a wide variety of flowering plants which support insects and, therefore, also birds.
Volunteers
The Friends of Danesbury Park is a very enthusiastic group which works on the nature reserve once a month throughout the year. They undertake a variety of tasks including care and maintenance of trees, scrub control and surveying of butterflies. If you have time to spare and would like to help, please click here to contact us and find out more.
There are some free car parks in old Welwyn which aren’t a long walk from the park.
Public Transport Information:Information on public transport is available here: www.intalink.org.uk and www.nationalrail.co.uk
Cycling:No cycle friendly paths.