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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › England › London › Islington Getting here
51.52546, -0.10103
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 ☀️ 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
🌞 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 ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Willow Aphid, Common Carder Bee +82 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Willow Aphid, Common Carder Bee +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon +39 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
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Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
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Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
28,156 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,156 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Coot +19
Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor House Sparrow Passer domesticus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jay Garrulus glandarius Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Large Willow Aphid · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Small Black Ant · 7-spot Ladybird +7
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Small Black Ant Lasius niger 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,156 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Coot +19
Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor House Sparrow Passer domesticus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jay Garrulus glandarius Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Large Willow Aphid · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Small Black Ant · 7-spot Ladybird +7
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Small Black Ant Lasius niger 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci 