Ayurveda Hoddesdon

Happy to mess about by the water? There’s plenty to do around Ayurveda Hoddesdon: follow the River Lee Navigation from Fieldes Lock (five minutes) down to Lee Valley Boat Centre (50 minutes) and hire a pedalo for a potter down the canal, or watch the gaily painted barges coming through Brick Lock (55 minutes). A short stroll to Rye House Gatehouse should be worthwhile; it was once the home of Catherine Parr, wife of Henry VIII. Birdwatchers, head for RSPB Rye Meads Nature Reserve (15 minutes) to follow boardwalks among the reeds and (hopefully) spot kingfishers and snipe along the way. Budding botanists should amble along the River Stort to Hunsdon Mead Nature Reserve (an hour) for colourful displays of wild flowers in early summer. For something more active, head to the Lee Valley White Water Centre (20 minutes).