Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🧺Picnic
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.53382, -0.15387
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Woodpigeon, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Farm attraction
Varies
Birds — Coot, Woodpigeon, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: PENGUIN POOL
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking 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
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
314 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
C6 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (C6)Regional cycle route
Quietway 15 (proposed)Cycling route▾
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Route QCycling route▾
Named routeRef QRegional cycle route
Route QCycling route▾
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Route CCycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
48,271 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,271 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Blackbird · Starling +20
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · Small Black Ant +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,271 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Blackbird · Starling +20
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · Small Black Ant +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Harmonia axyridis
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