Broadleaved woodland near St Pancras
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.53503, -0.12738
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Longboys — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Longboys — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
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 km49 signed routes nearby
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Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
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Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
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Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
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Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
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Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
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342 signed routes nearby
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Quietway 15 (proposed)Cycling route▾
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
41,685 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
41,685 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot · Starling +20
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Large Willow Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Small Black Ant · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +6
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,685 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot · Starling +20
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Large Willow Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Small Black Ant · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +6
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci