18th century obelisk commemorating Cassivellaunus, at Brockley Hill, Stanmore
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Getting here
51.63224, -0.31556
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Mallard, Robin +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Mallard, Robin +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Common Smoothcap, Pedunculate Oak, Heath-grass +1 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route
LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shenley CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
32,043 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,043 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Jackdaw +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata · Common Earwig · Common Water-Boatman · Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis · Eristalis pertinax +38
- Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
- Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Pedunculate Oak
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,043 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Jackdaw +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata · Common Earwig · Common Water-Boatman · Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis · Eristalis pertinax +38
- Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
- Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Pedunculate Oak
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi
Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi
Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025
Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025
Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025Sigara (Sigara) dorsalisSigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025CaliroaCaliroa2025CaliroaCaliroa2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025Notaris scirpiNotaris scirpi2025Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius2025Parethelcus pollinariusParethelcus pollinarius2025Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni2025Sigara (Subsigara) falleniSigara (Subsigara) falleni20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae2025Eutrichapion viciaeEutrichapion viciae2025Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri2025Corixa panzeriCorixa panzeri2025Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2025Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025