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51.55398, -0.31214
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 112m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 112m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Robin +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Robin +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +166 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +166 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Celandine Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Gruffalo Trail Walking route 500 m ▾
Named route Length 500 m Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Brent River Park footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Greenford station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Hanwell station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 45 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 Local cycle route
Show on map Metropolitan cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref M Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 39 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 39 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map Wembley to Harrow Weald Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 87 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 87 Local cycle route
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44,360 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 44,360 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 23 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +18
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Little Owl Athene noctua Nuthatch Sitta europaea Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Daubenton's Bat +1
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025 Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 40 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +35
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 44,360 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 23 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +18
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Little Owl Athene noctua Nuthatch Sitta europaea Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Daubenton's Bat +1
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025 Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 40 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +35
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis2025
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Arboridia ribauti Arboridia ribauti2025
Arboridia ribauti Arboridia ribauti2025
Allygus modestus Allygus modestus2025
Allygus modestus Allygus modestus2025
Nysius senecionis Nysius senecionis2025
Nysius senecionis Nysius senecionis2025
Orius (Orius) niger Orius (Orius) niger2025
Orius (Orius) niger Orius (Orius) niger2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
Nysius graminicola Nysius graminicola2025
Nysius graminicola Nysius graminicola2025
Javesella pellucida Javesella pellucida2025
Javesella pellucida Javesella pellucida2025
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaninii Dicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaninii2025
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaninii Dicyphus (Dicyphus) tamaninii2025
Psammotettix helvolus Psammotettix helvolus2025
Psammotettix helvolus Psammotettix helvolus2025
Orientus ishidae Orientus ishidae2025
Orientus ishidae Orientus ishidae2025
Kybos virgator Kybos virgator2025
Kybos virgator Kybos virgator2025 