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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.48652, -0.03955
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 🛝 Playground on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Moorhen +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Moorhen +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Meliscaeva auricollis +15 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Meliscaeva auricollis +15 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 48 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 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
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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
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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 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
38,976 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 38,976 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Moorhen +28
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Blackbird Turdus merula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Vincenzellus ruficollis +3
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Eupeodes Eupeodes Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hayhurstia atriplicis Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 38,976 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Moorhen +28
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Blackbird Turdus merula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Vincenzellus ruficollis +3
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Eupeodes Eupeodes Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hayhurstia atriplicis Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hayhurstia atriplicis
Hayhurstia atriplicis
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