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Getting here
51.68819, -0.00293
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Shoveler
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Apollo Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Shoveler
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Apollo Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Magpie +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Magpie +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Graphosoma italicum, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS AND ST LAWRENCE RUINS TO EAST OF CHURCH OF HOLY CROSS AND ST LAWRENCE
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Beech TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
South Placepublic footpath · 39 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mPath type: footway
116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Route (1)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
71,948 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
71,948 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPochard · Shoveler · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck · Magpie +46
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SmewMergellus albellus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
24-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Platycheirus albimanus +15
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
71,948 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPochard · Shoveler · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck · Magpie +46
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SmewMergellus albellus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
24-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Platycheirus albimanus +15
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusAnthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinusCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiGraphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicumCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesCoccidula rufaCoccidula rufaCoccidula rufaCoccidula rufaPsammoecus bipunctatusPsammoecus bipunctatusPsammoecus bipunctatusPsammoecus bipunctatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniRhyzobius lituraRhyzobius lituraRhyzobius lituraRhyzobius lituraHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025