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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.56450, -0.07740
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Nature reserve — public outdoor space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The LineWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
236 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripPrivate
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route QCycling route▾
Named routeRef QRegional cycle route
LCN 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Cycleway 38Cycling route▾
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Cycleway 24Cycling route▾
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Chapel in Abney Park Cemetery
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Wildlife to spot
136,138 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
136,138 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Long-tailed Tit · Grey Heron · Canada Goose +37
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects52 species
winterspring
2026▾
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Common Water-Boatman · Syrphus +47
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Kateretes pusillusKateretes pusillus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
136,138 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Long-tailed Tit · Grey Heron · Canada Goose +37
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects52 species
winterspring
2026▾
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Common Water-Boatman · Syrphus +47
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Kateretes pusillusKateretes pusillus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas