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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Southwark Getting here
51.47221, -0.06261
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 ☕ Well & Fed — 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 ☕ Well & Fed — 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· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +110 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +110 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +39 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Silver-moss, Black Horehound, Dune Thread-moss +61 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Silver-moss, Black Horehound, Dune Thread-moss +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 45 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 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 Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 633 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 NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Cossall Park, Peckham Rye
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Wildlife to spot
31,118 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 31,118 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Mallard · Magpie · Canada Goose · Moorhen +19
Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greylag Goose Anser anser Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Eupeodes · Helina evecta · 10-spot Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +9
Eupeodes Eupeodes Helina evecta Helina evecta 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 31,118 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Mallard · Magpie · Canada Goose · Moorhen +19
Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greylag Goose Anser anser Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Eupeodes · Helina evecta · 10-spot Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +9
Eupeodes Eupeodes Helina evecta Helina evecta 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata