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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.55150, -0.08517
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Flying Frenchman — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Flying Frenchman — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
9 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +48 more · last seen 2026
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +48 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Epistrophe eligans +98 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The LineWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
324 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 16 (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Cycleway 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route
Cycleway 37Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C37Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Leyton to Blackhorse Road cycle route
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Part of a cycling link between Cycleway 2 and Cycleway 3
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
View of "Mary on the Green" (the Mary Wollstonecraft statue) on Newington Green
Photos
View of "Mary on the Green" (the Mary Wollstonecraft statue) on Newington Green
Facilities
☕Café
Flying Frenchman · 93m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,444 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,444 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Rock Dove
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
🐝Insects101 species
springsummer
20267-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly
+96 more speciesHide species list
All 101 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Batman Hoverfly
🌿Plants10 species
springsummerautumn
2025Japanese Knotweed · Cat's-ear · Creeping Thistle · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Yarrow
+5 more speciesHide species list
All 10 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,444 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Rock Dove
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
🐝Insects101 species
springsummer
20267-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly
+96 more speciesHide species list
All 101 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Batman Hoverfly
🌿Plants10 species
springsummerautumn
2025Japanese Knotweed · Cat's-ear · Creeping Thistle · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Yarrow
+5 more speciesHide species list
All 10 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Nathusius's Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus nathusii2025
Pipistrellus nathusii2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025Myathropa florea2025
Myathropa florea2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisIsodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicana2025Isodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicana2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisBrown Tree AntLasius brunneus2025Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2025Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2025Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaBibio johannisBibio johannisBibio johannisBibio johannisCis villosulusCis villosulusCis villosulusCis villosulusTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata2025Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Peripsocus milleriPeripsocus milleri2025Peripsocus milleriPeripsocus milleri2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Liguropia juniperiLiguropia juniperi2025Liguropia juniperiLiguropia juniperi2025Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025EumerusEumerus2025EumerusEumerus2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Orientus ishidaeOrientus ishidae2025Orientus ishidaeOrientus ishidae2025Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2025Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2025Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2025Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025SarcophagaSarcophaga2025SarcophagaSarcophaga2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Illinoia liriodendriIllinoia liriodendri2025Illinoia liriodendriIllinoia liriodendri2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Aphis polygonataAphis polygonata2025Aphis polygonataAphis polygonata2025Lasius emarginatusLasius emarginatus2025Lasius emarginatusLasius emarginatus2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025PhaoniaPhaonia2025PhaoniaPhaonia2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Crataerina pallidaCrataerina pallida2025Crataerina pallidaCrataerina pallida2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Brown Bordered Oak-cutterPericlista albida2025Brown Bordered Oak-cutterPericlista albida2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Red-girdled Mining BeeAndrena labiata2025Red-girdled Mining BeeAndrena labiata2025Sandpit Mining BeeAndrena barbilabris2025Sandpit Mining BeeAndrena barbilabris2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025IssusIssus2025IssusIssus2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Great Willowherb
Great Willowherb
Epilobium hirsutum
Epilobium hirsutum
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleWhite CampionSilene latifoliaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaThree-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrumThree-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrumEvents & activities nearby
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