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Danson Park

1 ha

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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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
🛝Playground 277m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 277m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlaygroundToilets

Best for

10 activities

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 — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — White-faced Mason Bee, Speckled Bush-cricket, Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp +26 more · last seen 2026; Insects — White-faced Mason Bee, Speckled Bush-cricket, Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

58 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Signposts link from Falconwood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Mottingham stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Woolwich Dockyard stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

128 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 33Cycling route

Named routeRef C33Regional cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route (1)Cycling route

Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route

LCN 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18Local cycle route

LCN 25aCycling route

Cycle route from Woolwich to Eltham Green, avoiding LCN 25's intended route along A205

Named routeRef 25aLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

21,361 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,361 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Common Gull · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Robin +47

Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025

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Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · White-faced Mason Bee · Hairy-footed Flower Bee

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
White-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornuta
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,361 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Common Gull · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Robin +47

Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · White-faced Mason Bee · Hairy-footed Flower Bee

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
White-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornuta
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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