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Boulevarde Gardens

📷 Martin Addison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

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

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Eupeodes, Meliscaeva auricollis +3 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Eupeodes, Meliscaeva auricollis +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route

Short walk. Orange waymarking http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf

Named routeLocal walking route

Celandine RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

35 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Proyer's PathCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Belmont TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 45Cycling route

Named routeRef 45Local cycle route

LCN+ link 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

LCN+ link 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef MLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

23,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winter

2026

House Sparrow · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +27

House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

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Mammals5 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
EupeodesEupeodes
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,706 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winter

2026

House Sparrow · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +27

House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
EupeodesEupeodes
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Martin Addison · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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