Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha
Getting here
51.62611, -0.28250
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 113m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 113m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +46 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route
LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
LCN+ link 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN+ link 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
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Field on Edgwarebury Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,731 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,731 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Great Tit · Blackbird · Jackdaw +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Holly Blue · Green-veined White +17
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Heath-grass · Red Dead-nettle · Hogweed · Petty Spurge · Pineappleweed +16
- Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,731 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Great Tit · Blackbird · Jackdaw +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Holly Blue · Green-veined White +17
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Heath-grass · Red Dead-nettle · Hogweed · Petty Spurge · Pineappleweed +16
- Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Polistichus connexusPolistichus connexusPolistichus connexusPolistichus connexusBatman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2024Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io20242024
2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2024Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2024Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024Annual MercuryMercurialis annua2024Annual MercuryMercurialis annua2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024