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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.57085, -0.12751
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
12 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +81 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named routeLocal walking route
140 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Regional cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
Regent's CanalCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
River Lee NavigationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
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Sunnyside Gardens, Upper Holloway
Photos
Sunnyside Gardens, Upper Holloway
✓ 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
33,466 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,466 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds55 species
summerautumn
2026Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Tufted Duck
+50 more speciesHide species list
All 55 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwiftApus apus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals10 species
wintersummerautumn
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Rabbit · Feral Cat
+5 more speciesHide species list
All 10 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2026Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly
+79 more speciesHide species list
All 84 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,466 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds55 species
summerautumn
2026Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Tufted Duck
+50 more speciesHide species list
All 55 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwiftApus apus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals10 species
wintersummerautumn
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Rabbit · Feral Cat
+5 more speciesHide species list
All 10 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2026Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly
+79 more speciesHide species list
All 84 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrellus2025
Pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri2025Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri2025Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Isodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicana2025Isodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicana2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus2025Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2025Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys2025Epuraea aestivaEpuraea aestiva2025Epuraea aestivaEpuraea aestiva2025Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Phaonia pallidaPhaonia pallida2025Phaonia pallidaPhaonia pallida2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025Desert LocustSchistocerca gregaria2025Desert LocustSchistocerca gregaria2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Pinhole BorerPlatypus cylindrus2025Pinhole BorerPlatypus cylindrus2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2025Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025Tree SnipeflyChrysopilus laetus2025Tree SnipeflyChrysopilus laetus2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2025Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Eupteryx decemnotataEupteryx decemnotata2025Eupteryx decemnotataEupteryx decemnotata2025Acupalpus exiguusAcupalpus exiguus2025Acupalpus exiguusAcupalpus exiguus2025Hemicoelus canaliculatusHemicoelus canaliculatus2025Hemicoelus canaliculatusHemicoelus canaliculatus2025Mesocoelopus collarisMesocoelopus collaris2025Mesocoelopus collarisMesocoelopus collaris2025Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtziMicronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi2025Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtziMicronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi2025Tachys bistriatusTachys bistriatus2025Tachys bistriatusTachys bistriatus2025Athous campyloidesAthous campyloides2025Athous campyloidesAthous campyloides2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Penestragania apicalisPenestragania apicalis2025Penestragania apicalisPenestragania apicalis2025Cryptophilus integerCryptophilus integer2025Cryptophilus integerCryptophilus integer2025Aedes geniculatusAedes geniculatus2025Aedes geniculatusAedes geniculatus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2025Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Sthenarus rotermundiSthenarus rotermundi2025Sthenarus rotermundiSthenarus rotermundi2025Neolygus populiNeolygus populi2025Neolygus populiNeolygus populi2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025NeoasciaNeoascia2025NeoasciaNeoascia2025Events & activities nearby
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