Brockwell Park Walled Garden 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Lambeth Getting here
51.44978, -0.10912
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground on site — 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Southern Green Shieldbug, Xylota segnis +160 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Southern Green Shieldbug, Xylota segnis +160 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood Grove Walking route ▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 254 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (22) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
One of the London Cycle Network's "Radial routes in South East London", from Central London via Camberwell, Crystal Palace and Croydon to Purley. The section from Southwark Bridge to Elephant & Castle is now Cycle Superhighway 7.
Named route Ref 23 Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 25 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 25 Cycling route ▾
London Cycle Network route 25, through Southwark Borough; signage still in place (2022).
Named route Ref 25 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
26,119 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 26,119 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull +30
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 🐝 Insects 15 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus +10
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus White Clover · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Water Chickweed · Pineappleweed · Pedunculate Oak +10
White Clover Trifolium repens2025 Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Water Chickweed Stellaria aquatica2025 Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025 Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025 Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 26,119 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull +30
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 🐝 Insects 15 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus +10
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus White Clover · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Water Chickweed · Pineappleweed · Pedunculate Oak +10
White Clover Trifolium repens2025 Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Water Chickweed Stellaria aquatica2025 Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025 Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025 Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Sitona obsoletus Sitona obsoletus2025
Sitona obsoletus Sitona obsoletus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Nimbus obliteratus Nimbus obliteratus2025
Nimbus obliteratus Nimbus obliteratus2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 2025
2025
Wild Carrot Daucus carota2025
Wild Carrot Daucus carota2025
Creeping Yellow-cress Rorippa sylvestris2025
Creeping Yellow-cress Rorippa sylvestris2025
Smaller Cat's-tail Phleum bertolonii2025
Smaller Cat's-tail Phleum bertolonii2025
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum2025
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum2025
Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum2025
Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum2025
Cork Oak Quercus suber2025
Cork Oak Quercus suber2025
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025
Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare2025
Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare2025
Hybrid Rest-Harrow Ononis repens x spinosa = O. x pseudohircina2025
Hybrid Rest-Harrow Ononis repens x spinosa = O. x pseudohircina2025 