Chiswick House and Grounds
43 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome43 ha
Getting here
51.48456, -0.26018
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Moorhen +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Mallard, Grey Heron, Moorhen +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: THREE MALE STATUES FROM HADRIAN'S VILLA IN CHISWICK PARK
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring (Section 08)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Boston Manor underground stationWalking route▾
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Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
196 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 40Cycling route▾
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Route ■Cycling route▾
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Route QCycling route▾
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LCN 33Cycling route▾
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LCN 75Cycling route▾
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Photos
Sphinx in grounds at Chiswick House
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
164,275 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
164,275 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Grey Heron · Tufted Duck · Moorhen · Coot +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Minotaur Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Melanostoma scalare +5
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Syrphus
Red Dead-nettle · Crescent-cup Liverwort · White Dead-nettle · Marble Screw-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss +3
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Clustered Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
164,275 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Grey Heron · Tufted Duck · Moorhen · Coot +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Minotaur Beetle · Syritta pipiens · Melanostoma scalare +5
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Syrphus
Red Dead-nettle · Crescent-cup Liverwort · White Dead-nettle · Marble Screw-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss +3
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Clustered Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridisNotonecta (Notonecta) viridisNotonecta (Notonecta) viridisNotonecta (Notonecta) viridisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusAnthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscusRhynchostegium confertum
Rhynchostegium confertum
Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorphaCommon LiverwortMarchantia polymorphaEvents & activities nearby
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