Aldenham Country Park
Aldenham Country Park is a 175-acre (0.71 km2) parkland and woodland, including the 65-acre (260,000 m2) Hilfield Reservoir, created in 1971, and Aldenham Reservoir. It is now part of the Watling Chase Community Forest, located near Elstree, Hertfordshire, England.
Aldenham Reservoir was excavated by French prisoners of war in 1795 to help maintain local river levels after the Grand Union Canal was built. It is held as a reserve public water supply as is Hilfield Reservoir.[1]
The park offers community activities such as walking, playgrounds, fishing, sailing, and features a Disney-backed Winnie-the-Pooh theme area. Since 1984 it has been an important centre for breeding rare livestock (one of seventeen Rare Breeds Survival Trust centres in the UK), including Aldenham Longhorn cattle, Bagot goats, Berkshire and Tamworth pigs, and Norfolk Horn and English Leicester sheep.