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Boat House

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📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 211m 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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 211m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Robin, Canada Goose +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Canada Goose +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Firebug, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Ruddy Darter +20 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Firebug, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Ruddy Darter +20 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

The LineWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to West Ham stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

142 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripPrivate

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVW

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 24Cycling route

Named routeRef C24Regional cycle route

Cycleway 16Cycling route

Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

81,742 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

81,742 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Chaffinch · Magpie · Canada Goose · Common Gull · Black-headed Gull +47

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects7 species

winterspring

2026

Firebug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +2

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
SyrphusSyrphus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

81,742 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Chaffinch · Magpie · Canada Goose · Common Gull · Black-headed Gull +47

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects7 species

winterspring

2026

Firebug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +2

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
SyrphusSyrphus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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