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51.46994, 0.06034
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +73 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 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 route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 307 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Christ Church, Shooters Hill
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Wildlife to spot
18,099 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,099 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit +35
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Bat Chiroptera2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +14
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Wall Screw-moss · Common Cord-moss
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,099 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit +35
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Bat Chiroptera2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +14
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Wall Screw-moss · Common Cord-moss
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Bridgman’s Bean-galler Euura bridgmanii
Bridgman’s Bean-galler Euura bridgmanii
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
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