Cottenham Park Allotments
🐶Dogs🚲Cycling🥾Hiking
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.41371, -0.24239
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
- 🅿️Parking 217m away — 8 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
- 🅿️Parking 217m away — 8 car parks within reach
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: LCN 74
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Beverley Brook Walk
Free
🛝Family friendly
Moderate match
Allotments
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 8)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 9)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Cottenham Park Alleypublic footpath · 246 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 246 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Melbury Gardens Alleypublic footpath · 88 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 88 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
250 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Hogsmill River bridge GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Raynes Park to Wimbledon Cycleway (proposed)Cycling route▾
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 74Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 74Local cycle route
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23,760 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,760 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Dunnock +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Batman Hoverfly · 22-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee +31
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants6 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Green Alkanet · Lesser Celandine · Springy Turf-moss · Guernsey Fleabane · Dwarf Mallow +1
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,760 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Dunnock +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Batman Hoverfly · 22-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee +31
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants6 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Green Alkanet · Lesser Celandine · Springy Turf-moss · Guernsey Fleabane · Dwarf Mallow +1
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Lesser Swine-cress
Lepidium didymum2025
Lepidium didymum2025