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51.51456, -0.07437
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Copper Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Copper Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Rock Dove +37 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Rock Dove +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Saprosites natalensis, Syrphus +17 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Saprosites natalensis, Syrphus +17 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Annual Buttonweed, Rue-leaved Saxifrage +1 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Annual Buttonweed, Rue-leaved Saxifrage +1 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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 Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 597 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Lee Valley VeloPark Road Circuit Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Private
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
32,409 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 32,409 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +16
Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · Batman Hoverfly · Welsh Chafer · Varied Carpet Beetle +4
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Annual Buttonweed
Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 32,409 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +16
Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · Batman Hoverfly · Welsh Chafer · Varied Carpet Beetle +4
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Suillia variegata Suillia variegata Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Annual Buttonweed
Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax 