Repository Woods - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Greenwich Getting here
51.48655, 0.05425
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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 169m 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 169m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 59 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 404 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
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,966 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,966 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Great Tit · Swift +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 38 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Closterotomus trivialis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Red-legged Shieldbug +33
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,966 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Great Tit · Swift +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 38 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Closterotomus trivialis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Red-legged Shieldbug +33
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cabbage Bug
Cabbage Bug
Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2025
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica2025
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2025
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes2025
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes2025
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis2025
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis2025
Fine Streaked Bugkin Miris striatus2025
Fine Streaked Bugkin Miris striatus2025
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica2025
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri2025
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2025 