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Getting here
51.60911, -0.26167
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Carrion Crow
- 🛝Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Carrion Crow
- 🛝Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Starling, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Small White, Gatekeeper +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Hazel +1 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Proyer's PathCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
LCN+ link 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
Photos
Allotments between Abbots Road and Deansbrook Road
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,924 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,924 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Swift · Starling +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Closterotomus trivialis · Marmalade Hoverfly · Orange Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly +22
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,924 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Swift · Starling +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Closterotomus trivialis · Marmalade Hoverfly · Orange Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly +22
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas