Chase Lodge Playing Field 10 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 10 ha
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51.60704, -0.22998
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 131m away — 12 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 131m away — 12 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Rosemary Beetle, Closterotomus trivialis +74 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Box Tree Moth, Rosemary Beetle, Closterotomus trivialis +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Red Clover, Elder +15 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Red Clover, Elder +15 more · last seen 2022
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 19 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Dollis Valley Greenwalk link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DVGlink Local walking route
Show on map Watling Chase Timberland Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 16 unsigned alternative) Walking route ▾
Alternative route avoiding the opening road walking
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Pymmes Brook Trail Walking route ▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (Section 11) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 85 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (85) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 45 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN+ link 87 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 87 Local cycle route
Show on map Wembley to Harrow Weald Cycleway Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
18,667 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,667 records · National Biodiversity Network Wren · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Great Tit · Blackbird +29
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Rock Dove Columba livia Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Coot Fulica atra Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jay Garrulus glandarius Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Redwing Turdus iliacus 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Adder
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Marmalade Hoverfly · Closterotomus trivialis · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +36
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Batman Hoverfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,667 records · National Biodiversity Network Wren · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Great Tit · Blackbird +29
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Rock Dove Columba livia Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Coot Fulica atra Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jay Garrulus glandarius Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Redwing Turdus iliacus 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Adder
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Marmalade Hoverfly · Closterotomus trivialis · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +36
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Batman Hoverfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myathropa florea
Myathropa florea
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis
Ridge-saddled Carpenter Bee Heriades truncorum
Ridge-saddled Carpenter Bee Heriades truncorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Willow Flea Beetle Crepidodera aurata
Willow Flea Beetle Crepidodera aurata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes
Willughby's Leafcutter Bee Megachile willughbiella
Willughby's Leafcutter Bee Megachile willughbiella
Bellflower Blunthorn Bee Melitta haemorrhoidalis
Bellflower Blunthorn Bee Melitta haemorrhoidalis
Small Scissor Bee Chelostoma campanularum
Small Scissor Bee Chelostoma campanularum
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Rhabdomiris striatellus Rhabdomiris striatellus
Rhabdomiris striatellus Rhabdomiris striatellus
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana
Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana