City of Westminster Cemetery
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.50739, -0.33115
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️George Street Car Park 31m away — 20 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
- 🅿️George Street Car Park 31m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Moorhen +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Moorhen +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Eupeodes +86 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Eupeodes +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Cemetery — local history and memorials
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 40Local cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
38,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
38,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Redwing · Jay · Blue Tit · Great Tit +35
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria +13
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Redwing · Jay · Blue Tit · Great Tit +35
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria +13
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorCriorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculiEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurata