🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › London › Tower Hamlets Getting here
51.51051, -0.01166
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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 ☕ Banoful — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Banoful — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Black-headed Gull +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Black-headed Gull +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +130 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +130 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map 598 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
31,586 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 31,586 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Magpie · Great Tit +35
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major2025 Coot Fulica atra Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Teal Anas crecca Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Feral Cat Felis catus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes luniger · Meliscaeva auricollis · Aspidapion aeneum · Dark-edged Bee-fly +25
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Aspidapion aeneum Aspidapion aeneum Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Formica cunicularia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 31,586 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Magpie · Great Tit +35
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major2025 Coot Fulica atra Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Teal Anas crecca Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Feral Cat Felis catus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes luniger · Meliscaeva auricollis · Aspidapion aeneum · Dark-edged Bee-fly +25
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Aspidapion aeneum Aspidapion aeneum Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Formica cunicularia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Formica cunicularia
Formica cunicularia
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Small Black Ant Lasius niger
Small Black Ant Lasius niger
Elder Aphid Aphis (Aphis) sambuci
Elder Aphid Aphis (Aphis) sambuci
Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae
Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Glocianus punctiger Glocianus punctiger
Glocianus punctiger Glocianus punctiger
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Peritrechus lundii Peritrechus lundii
Peritrechus lundii Peritrechus lundii
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
Scatopse notata Scatopse notata
Scatopse notata Scatopse notata
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Pteroxanium kelloggi Pteroxanium kelloggi
Pteroxanium kelloggi Pteroxanium kelloggi
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Otiorhynchus indefinitus Otiorhynchus indefinitus
Otiorhynchus indefinitus Otiorhynchus indefinitus
Peripsocus milleri Peripsocus milleri
Peripsocus milleri Peripsocus milleri Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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