In the heart of Home Wood in Cuffley you'll find the first of our family of caches. F2F will be in for a treat as we have placed a recently found trackable in the cache. Please remember to log and re-hide.
Home Wood is part of Northaw Great Wood, a 223.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It covers Northaw Great Country Park, which is managed by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Part of the site is managed by Hertfordshire County Council as a schools park. The country park is also a Local Nature Reserve.
The wood was formerly part of a large area of common land in the parish of Northaw which was used for grazing livestock and gathering wood fuel. Closure of the canopy has led to the disappearance of open woodland birds such as nightingales and tree pipits, but the management plan for the wood aims to restore biodiversity. The site has one of the county's most extensive areas of ancient hornbeam woodland, with other trees including oak and silver birch. Glades, streams and springs add to the biodiversity and you'll enjoy the beautiful scenery in all seasons.