Berkhamsted Common

Berkhamsted and its neighbour Northchurch Common are the largest in the Chilterns at a combined 427 hectares. Northchurch Common is included within the Ashridge Estate and, between them, provides a large area of unspoilt grassland, heathland, chalks and woods to explore with your dogs.

There are many options when visiting with car parks dotted along the road passing through the commons. There is a free parking area by the War Memorial, where our marker is based. If you want facilities, you will be better-served parking within the Ashridge Estate at the monument or if you want food and drink, visit the Bakehouse at Ashridge House.

It is also accessible from Berkhamsted train station, where you can walk beside the castle and the Berkhamsted Golf Course to enter the woods.

As you walk around, you will most likely see fallow deer and hear the squeaks of the red kites in the skies above.