Saffron Green Meadows

It is owned and managed by Hertfordshire County Council, and is part of the Watling Chase Community Forest and the London Green Belt.

In the late 1990s, the area was identified as suitable for environmental management as it had been untenanted for several years, and as rough grazing pasture it was a rich and scarce ecological habitat which also had recreational potential.

An archeological survey identified a pre-Roman landscape pattern, possibly dating back to the Bronze Age.

In 2002-03 4.5 hectares was planted as woodland, and a tenant was found to manage the land for grazing.

[3] Mimmshall Brook, a tributary of the River Colne, skirts the site, and the radio masts of Saffron Green transmitting station are close by.