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Burgess Park Community Sports Pitches

📷 Robin Stott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.48373, -0.07533

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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
  • ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParkingToilets

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Carrion Crow +32 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Carrion Crow +32 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Wall Feather-moss, Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum, Rough-stalked Feather-moss +21 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wall Feather-moss, Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum, Rough-stalked Feather-moss +21 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eupeodes, Marmalade Hoverfly +6 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eupeodes, Marmalade Hoverfly +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

47 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London

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The LineWalking route
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Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

580 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LCN 22Cycling route
Named routeRef 22Local cycle route
LCNCycling route
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Route QCycling route
Named routeRef QRegional cycle route
LCN 1Cycling route

Link between NCN 1 and Crossharbour DLR station

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cycleway 11Cycling route
Named routeRef C11Regional cycle route
LCN 22 linkCycling route
Named routeRef (22)Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The wicket covers, Burgess Park Sportsground

📷 Robin Stott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The wicket covers, Burgess Park Sportsground

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Burgess ParkUrban park500 m→🌱Southwark ParkUrban park1.9 km→🌱Kennington ParkUrban park2.3 km→🌱Geraldine Mary Harmsworth ParkUrban park2.7 km→🌱Peckham Rye CommonUrban park2.8 km→🌱Peckham Rye ParkUrban park3.2 km→

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