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Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.44537, -0.03584
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🛝 Playground on site — 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 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +99 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Cord-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2026; Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Common Cord-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Silk Mill Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 354 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (22) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
One of the London Cycle Network's "Radial routes in South East London", from Central London via Camberwell, Crystal Palace and Croydon to Purley. The section from Southwark Bridge to Elephant & Castle is now Cycle Superhighway 7.
Named route Ref 23 Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos View over Kent from the top of the hill at Blythe Hill Fields
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Wildlife to spot
32,760 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 32,760 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +29
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Feral Cat
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 27 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Juniper Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +22
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025 Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025 Common Cord-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 32,760 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +29
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Feral Cat
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 27 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Juniper Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +22
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025 Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025 Common Cord-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Stictopleurus Stictopleurus2025
Stictopleurus Stictopleurus2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Nephrotoma flavipalpis Nephrotoma flavipalpis2025
Nephrotoma flavipalpis Nephrotoma flavipalpis2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common Damselbug Nabis (Nabis) rugosus2025
Common Damselbug Nabis (Nabis) rugosus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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