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Bourne Allotments

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.62877, -0.12004

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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
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Paid

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Tufted Duck +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Tufted Duck +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syritta pipiens +53 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syritta pipiens +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Barren Brome · last seen 2025; Plants — Barren Brome · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Cockfosters UndergroundWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Gordon Hill stationWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
New River LinkWalking route
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route

This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.

Named routeLocal walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route

Not waymarked

Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

84 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Enfield Chase to Arnos Park GreenwayCycling route
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycleway 21Cycling route

Finished Cycleway route will run from Meridian Water to Enfield Town

Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Looking across The Bourne

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Looking across The Bourne

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Grovelands ParkUrban park600 m→🌱Grovelands ParkUrban park600 m→🌱Lordship Recreation GroundUrban park4.4 km→🌱Broomfield ParkUrban park1.1 km→🌱Broomfield ParkUrban park1.1 km→🌱Friary ParkUrban park3.1 km→

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