Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.44895, -0.13815
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️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
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Green Shieldbug, Common Darter, Epistrophe eligans +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tooting Common parkrunWalking route▾
Named routeParkrun
Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood GroveWalking route▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Balham stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
link to West Dulwich stationWalking route▾
signposted link from West Dulwich station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-C linkRegional walking route
289 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24Local cycle route
Cycleway 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C48Regional cycle route
LCN 73Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 73Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South MersthamCycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
Route CCycling route▾
Link between CS7 and C5
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
59,567 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
59,567 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Dunnock +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Scathophaga stercoraria · Platycheirus albimanus · Platycheirus scutatus +6
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
59,567 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Dunnock +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Scathophaga stercoraria · Platycheirus albimanus · Platycheirus scutatus +6
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Zavrelimyia nubila
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitidaGrey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitidaBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataClogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025