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Clissold Park

📷 Sarah Charlesworth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.56134, -0.08841

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Fink's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ 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
☕Fink's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, café

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets; Urban park — open green space

Free

Farm visits

Strong match

Zoo or animal collection nearby; Farm attraction nearby

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

240 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripPrivate

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route QCycling route

Named routeRef QRegional cycle route

Cycleway 11Cycling route

Named routeRef C11Regional cycle route

LCN 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Cycleway 38Cycling route

Named routeRef C38Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

133,434 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

133,434 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Feral Cat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Feral CatFelis catus

🐸

Amphibians3 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects21 species

spring

2026

Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +16

Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cis villosulusCis villosulus
Temnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderi
Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
SyrphusSyrphus
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2025
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

133,434 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Feral Cat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Feral CatFelis catus

🐸

Amphibians3 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects21 species

spring

2026

Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +16

Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cis villosulusCis villosulus
Temnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderi
Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
SyrphusSyrphus
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2025
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sarah Charlesworth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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