Oughtonhead Common

Oughtonhead Common is a 17.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in the Westmill district of Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

[6] In 2022, Oughtonhead Common was awarded a Green Flag for the seventh consecutive year.

[7] On the other side of the River Oughton from the Common is the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust's Oughtonhead Nature Reserve.

[8] The site has a variety of habitats, including wet and dry woodland, the river margin and fen areas.

Willow, reed and rush were formerly grown and harvested in the wetter areas, and there was a corn mill at the eastern end.