Broadleaved woodland near Barnsbury
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.54217, -0.11847
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕La Primavera — 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
- ☕La Primavera — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️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 km56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
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Pudding Lane pedwayWalking route▾
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Jack The Ripper WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Stoke Newington stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 13)Walking route▾
Alternative step-free route in Springfield Park
Named routeRegional walking route
341 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 16 (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
LCN 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Local cycle route
Cycleway 37Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C37Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Part of a cycling link between Cycleway 2 and Cycleway 3
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Part of a cycling link between Cycleway 2 and Cycleway 3
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
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Barnsbury : "Doyles" public house, Caledonian Road
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Wildlife to spot
23,322 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,322 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Coot · Starling · Mallard +20
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
🐝Insects14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Large Willow Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +9
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Small Black AntLasius niger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,322 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Coot · Starling · Mallard +20
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
🐝Insects14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Large Willow Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +9
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Small Black AntLasius niger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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