Bedfont Lakes South Side.
36 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
51.43787, -0.44365
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Epistrophe eligans, Red-legged Shieldbug +94 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Hatton Cross UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
London LOOP (Section 9)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 10)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 34 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (34)Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 44Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
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The long path, Bedfont Lakes
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
40,091 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,091 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Coot · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Red-legged Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Saucer Bug · Saprosites natalensis · 2-spot Ladybird +29
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides
- Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,091 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Coot · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Red-legged Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Saucer Bug · Saprosites natalensis · 2-spot Ladybird +29
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides
- Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas