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Bessingby Playing Fields

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

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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
🛝Playground 159m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 159m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +2 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Celandine RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Brent River Park footpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Hillingdon TrailWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

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Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 45Cycling route

Named routeRef 45Local cycle route

Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef MLocal cycle route

LCN 39Cycling route

Named routeRef 39Local cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

LCN 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

25,578 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,578 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

House Sparrow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Ring-necked Parakeet +43

House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

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Mammals3 species

autumn

2025

Red Fox · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐝

Insects5 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,578 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

House Sparrow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Ring-necked Parakeet +43

House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumn

2025

Red Fox · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐝

Insects5 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Behind the houses, Torcross Road

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