Copthall Playing Fields 24 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 24 ha
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51.60171, -0.22794
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 103m away — 20 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 103m 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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle, Green Shieldbug, Marmalade Hoverfly +58 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle, Green Shieldbug, Marmalade Hoverfly +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dollis Valley Greenwalk link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DVGlink Local walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 16 unsigned alternative) Walking route ▾
Alternative route avoiding the opening road walking
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Pymmes Brook Trail Walking route ▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (Section 11) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Hendon Central underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 85 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (85) Local cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 45 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map Wembley to Harrow Weald Cycleway Cycling route ▾
LCN 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
23,172 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,172 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Wren · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie +35
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Coal Tit Periparus ater Rock Dove Columba livia Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Redwing Turdus iliacus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Common Gull Larus canus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Little Owl Athene noctua Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Coot Fulica atra Greenfinch Chloris chloris 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Adder
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Western Honey Bee +34
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Batman Hoverfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,172 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Wren · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie +35
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Coal Tit Periparus ater Rock Dove Columba livia Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Redwing Turdus iliacus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Common Gull Larus canus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Little Owl Athene noctua Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Coot Fulica atra Greenfinch Chloris chloris 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Adder
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Western Honey Bee +34
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Batman Hoverfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myathropa florea
Myathropa florea
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum
Ridge-saddled Carpenter Bee Heriades truncorum
Ridge-saddled Carpenter Bee Heriades truncorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Willow Flea Beetle Crepidodera aurata
Willow Flea Beetle Crepidodera aurata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Willughby's Leafcutter Bee Megachile willughbiella
Willughby's Leafcutter Bee Megachile willughbiella
Bellflower Blunthorn Bee Melitta haemorrhoidalis
Bellflower Blunthorn Bee Melitta haemorrhoidalis
Small Scissor Bee Chelostoma campanularum
Small Scissor Bee Chelostoma campanularum
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Gwynne's Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana
Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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