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Brook Common

31 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Eel Brook Common · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha

Getting here

51.56567, -0.39980

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 8 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +2 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Celandine RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Brent River Park footpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Hillingdon TrailWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 45Cycling route

Named routeRef 45Local cycle route

Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef MLocal cycle route

LCN 39Cycling route

Named routeRef 39Local cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

LCN 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

21,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds34 species

winter

2026

House Sparrow · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +29

House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Orange Ladybird

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,555 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winter

2026

House Sparrow · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +29

House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Orange Ladybird

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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