Car Hire Turnford

With a population of around 8,000, Turnford benefits from excellent transport links via the A10 and M25, ensuring year-round accessibility. Spring brings mild temperatures ideal for outdoor exploration, summer offers extended daylight perfect for countryside drives, autumn delivers stunning woodland colours (though some paths become muddy) and winter provides crisp conditions excellent for indoor attractions.

Turnford sits beautifully within the Lee Valley’s unique landscape of lakes, reservoirs and waterways, offering exceptional opportunities for walking, cycling and water sports along the River Lee Navigation. The village features local amenities including shops, pubs and recreational facilities, whilst maintaining its distinct character as a Lee Valley community with strong connections to the area’s industrial and transport heritage.

Attractions In Turnford

Lee Valley location provides riverside recreation opportunities where nature reserves, cycle paths and boat facilities serve active communities, while residential areas offer convenient access to both London attractions and Hertfordshire countryside.

Hertfordshire Zoo

You’ll discover this exceptional attraction at White Stubbs Lane in Broxbourne, where it is open daily from 9:30 AM until 4:30 PM, ensuring consistent access. With its impressive 4.6-star rating from over 9,500 visitors, the zoo combines educational animal talks, clean enclosures and engaging dinosaur exhibits with ample free parking for your rental vehicle.

River Lee Country Park

Spanning over 100 acres at Windmill Lane in Cheshunt, this country park operates daily from 8:30 in the morning until 7:30 in the evening. You can explore diverse landscapes, ranging from lush woodlands to serene marshes, with well-maintained paths perfect for walking, cycling and birdwatching. However, better signage would help first-time visitors navigate more easily.

Lee Valley Animal Adventure Park

Weekend visits from 10 AM to 4 PM at Stubbins Hall Lane in Waltham Abbey reveal well-cared-for animals and excellent facilities. We particularly appreciate the accessible toilets and friendly reception staff, though some steep slopes might challenge visitors with mobility issues, making this farm adventure better suited for able-bodied explorers.

Broxbourne Woods

Broxbourne Woods is Hertfordshire’s only National Nature Reserve, covering 239 hectares and comprising four distinct woodlands: Hoddesdonpark Wood, Wormley Wood, Broxbourne Wood and Bencroft Wood, which together form a Special Area of Conservation of European importance. This ancient woodland represents a large area of sessile oak and hornbeam forest at the northernmost edge of its natural range, supporting diverse wildlife including the rare purple emperor butterfly, great crested newts and seasonal bluebells.

Cheshunt Park

Daily access varies throughout the week (Monday to Friday 9 AM until 8 PM, Saturday 9 AM to 7 PM, Sunday 10 AM to 4:30 PM). You’ll find excellent photography opportunities and summer picnic potential, with additional features including proximity to a golf course, skateboard areas, playgrounds and a café, all enhancing your visit experience.

The Giant Chair

This remarkable Olympic legacy creation in Cheshunt showcases impressive wooden craftsmanship, complemented by practical climbing features. We appreciate the built-in footholds that make ascending manageable and the soft-landing surface below ensures safe descents. Surrounding parkland and canal access provide additional interesting things to see.

Your extended exploration can include these accessible locations:

• Cheshunt
• Broxbourne
• Waltham Cross
• Hoddesdon
• Enfield
• Hertford
• Essendon
• Ware

Speedway Museum

Tuesday through Sunday operations from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM at White Stubbs Lane in Broxbourne provide fascinating motorsport heritage experiences. You’ll encounter detailed motorcycle collections and expert guides explaining speedway history, with the added benefit of Paradise Wildlife Park’s proximity, allowing combined visits for diverse entertainment.

Mylne Aqueduct

This impressive Victorian engineering achievement at Winnipeg Way demonstrates the remarkable canal construction techniques of the era. Built in 1855, this four-arch brick aqueduct was designed by William Chadwell Mylne to carry the New River across Turnford Brook to shorten the rivers route.

Stag Beetles

Part of the Lee Valley Art Walk at Cadmore Lane in Cheshunt, this artistic installation represents the metallic stag beetles in fight. As you stroll through the Valley, you’ll find more, mainly wooden, installations like this. It serves as an excellent photography subject and a convenient picnic stop, adding contemporary artistic elements to your traditional countryside driving tour.

Play Boulders

Lee Valley has many unusual structures along its path. It features boulders you can climb on, reflecting the sand and gravel extraction history that shaped the surrounding landscape. While standing on top of the boulder, look east to glimpse into part of that history – North Metropolitan Pit – old gravel pit which was allowed to be filled with water.