Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.50221, -0.26924
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mint Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mint Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White +128 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
137 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Route ■Cycling route▾
Named routeRef ■Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
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Newton Avenue, South Acton
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Wildlife to spot
20,298 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,298 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit +23
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects23 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hollyhock Weevil · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly +18
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,298 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit +23
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects23 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hollyhock Weevil · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly +18
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas