Abbey Estate Open Space
9 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🎠Play🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
51.53617, -0.28961
Open directionsv
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
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C9Regional cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
Stanmore to the Thames Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Cycleway 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C9Regional cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
Photos
Twyford Abbey, walled garden - looking northwards
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
15,022 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,022 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Blackcap +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspring
2025▾
Red Fox
🐝Insects10 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Rosemary Beetle · Rose Chafer · Large Willow Aphid · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,022 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Blackcap +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspring
2025▾
Red Fox
🐝Insects10 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Rosemary Beetle · Rose Chafer · Large Willow Aphid · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2025Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025MelanostomaMelanostoma2025