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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 8 ha
Places › England › London › Islington Getting here
51.53742, -0.11235
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 ☕ internet cafe — 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 ☕ internet cafe — 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🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Willow Aphid, Marmalade Hoverfly +69 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Willow Aphid, Marmalade Hoverfly +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Rock Dove, Coot +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Rock Dove, Coot +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 390 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
C6 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C6) Regional cycle route
Show on map Quietway 15 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q15
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Barnard Park, Pentonville.
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Wildlife to spot
26,008 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 26,008 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Coot · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard +20
Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Magpie Pica pica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Large Willow Aphid · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Small Black Ant +6
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eupeodes Eupeodes Small Black Ant Lasius niger Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 26,008 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Coot · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard +20
Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Magpie Pica pica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Large Willow Aphid · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Small Black Ant +6
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eupeodes Eupeodes Small Black Ant Lasius niger Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci 