Albert Road Recreation Ground 1 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
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51.60019, -0.13562
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 249m away — 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 249m away — 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
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Feather-moss +51 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Feather-moss +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Speckled Wood, 7-spot Ladybird +88 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Southern Hawker, Speckled Wood, 7-spot Ladybird +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dollis Valley Greenwalk link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DVGlink Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Pymmes Brook Trail Walking route ▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named route Local walking route
Show on map New River Path Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR Regional walking route
Show on map 51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Enfield Chase to Arnos Park Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 21 Cycling route ▾
Finished Cycleway route will run from Meridian Water to Enfield Town
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C20 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 7 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Oliver Tambo Memorial, Albert Road Recreation Ground
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Wildlife to spot
30,909 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 30,909 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Moorhen +43
Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Platycheirus scutatus +18
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 30,909 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Moorhen +43
Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Platycheirus scutatus +18
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Dorcatoma Dorcatoma
Dorcatoma Dorcatoma
Dorytomus taeniatus Dorytomus taeniatus
Dorytomus taeniatus Dorytomus taeniatus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Drosophila immigrans Drosophila immigrans2025
Drosophila immigrans Drosophila immigrans2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris2025
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 