Barkingside Recreation Ground
Plan your visit
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Redbridge Getting here
51.58767, 0.07850
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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here ☕ Café 104 — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here ☕ Café 104 — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Coot +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Coot +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Green Shieldbug, 22-spot Ladybird +60 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Green Shieldbug, 22-spot Ladybird +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref 74 Local walking route
Show on map Epping Forest Big Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 19) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 20) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LOOP Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map LOOP Link to Chigwell Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 Local cycle route
Show on map Roding Valley Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RVW Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Local cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Seven Kings Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 7KG Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C25 Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Recent burial at Barkingside Cemetery
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Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2025
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura2025
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2025
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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