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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Lambeth Getting here
51.44895, -0.13815
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ 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🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +32 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Meliscaeva auricollis, Scathophaga stercoraria +8 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Meliscaeva auricollis, Scathophaga stercoraria +8 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
Show on map Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood Grove Walking route ▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map link to West Dulwich station Walking route ▾
signposted link from West Dulwich station to the Green Chain Walk
Named route Ref G-C link Regional walking route
Show on map 289 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 48 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C48 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 73 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 73 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South Merstham Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 20 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Link between CS7 and C5
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
59,567 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 59,567 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Dunnock +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Greylag Goose Anser anser Coal Tit Periparus ater Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Scathophaga stercoraria · Platycheirus albimanus · Platycheirus scutatus +6
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 59,567 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Dunnock +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Greylag Goose Anser anser Coal Tit Periparus ater Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Scathophaga stercoraria · Platycheirus albimanus · Platycheirus scutatus +6
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Grey-patched Mining Bee Andrena nitida
Grey-patched Mining Bee Andrena nitida
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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