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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome92 ha
Getting here
51.60649, 0.19338
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Stag Beetle +117 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Footpath 133Walking route▾
Named routeRef 133Local walking route
LOOP link to Havering Green bus stopWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 20)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 60Cycling route▾
One of the LCN's "orbital routes in north east London". LCN60 was supposed to reach Harold Hill, but never made it that far.
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,721 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,721 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +23
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird +38
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,721 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +23
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird +38
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha fulva
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusOpomyza florumOpomyza florumOpomyza florumOpomyza florum14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleRhyzobius lituraRhyzobius lituraRhyzobius lituraRhyzobius lituraHerina lugubrisHerina lugubrisHerina lugubrisHerina lugubrisDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensBalclutha punctataBalclutha punctataBalclutha punctataBalclutha punctataLagria hirtaLagria hirtaLagria hirtaLagria hirtaSouthern Green ShieldbugNezara viridulaSouthern Green ShieldbugNezara viridulaBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesPhaonia pallidaPhaonia pallidaPhaonia pallidaPhaonia pallidaBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusAsparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagiAsparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagiEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusApion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumMyrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis