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🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.48999, -0.31885
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Boston Manor House Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Boston Manor House Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
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Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
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Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
89 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
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LCN 75Cycling route▾
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LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
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LCN 34 linkCycling route▾
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Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
40,481 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
40,481 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Grey Heron +29
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria · Meliscaeva auricollis +14
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scathophaga stercoraria
Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,481 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Grey Heron +29
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria · Meliscaeva auricollis +14
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scathophaga stercoraria
Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataEvents & activities nearby
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