Eltham Common - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
🌿 Foraging🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
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Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Greenwich Getting here
51.47374, 0.05650
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 192m 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 192m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 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 355 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
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Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Green Chain Walk on Woolwich Common
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Wildlife to spot
17,620 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,620 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Squirrel · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Bat Chiroptera Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +16
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,620 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Squirrel · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Bat Chiroptera Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +16
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Carder Bee
Common Carder Bee
Bombus pascuorum
Bombus pascuorum
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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