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🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome75 ha
Getting here
51.64765, -0.31235
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Country park — designed for family visits
Dogs allowed — country park
Country park — good for group day out
Country park — managed habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km30 signed routes nearby · 43 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
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
Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
New Roadpublic footpath · 104 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 104 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Reservoir Roadpublic footpath · 97 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 97 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shenley CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN+ link 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
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✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
41,609 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,609 records · NBN AtlasMute Swan · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Robin · Jackdaw
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All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- TealAnas crecca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Earwig · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata
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All 42 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
- Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,609 records · NBN AtlasMute Swan · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Robin · Jackdaw
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- TealAnas crecca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Earwig · Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata
+37 more speciesHide species list
All 42 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
- Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralisSigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025Strawberry 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 subulata2025Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2025Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025Datonychus melanostictusDatonychus melanostictus2025Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025Gerris (Gerris) gibbiferGerris (Gerris) gibbifer2025Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2025Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025Punctate CorixaCorixa punctata2025Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025CaliroaCaliroa2025CaliroaCaliroa2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus202524-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) falleni2025Nut 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 affinis2025