Broadleaved woodland near Highbury
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.55569, -0.09134
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Mym's Organic Refill Station, Kitchen and Cafe — 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
- ☕Mym's Organic Refill Station, Kitchen and Cafe — 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 km52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
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271 signed routes nearby
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Cycleway 16 (proposed)Cycling route▾
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Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
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Cycleway 37Cycling route▾
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Leyton to Blackhorse Road cycle route
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Part of a cycling link between Cycleway 2 and Cycleway 3
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Wildlife to spot
135,267 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
135,267 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +42
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
135,267 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +42
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Rose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataCis villosulusCis villosulusCis villosulusCis villosulusTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataEvents & activities nearby
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