Emslie Horniman Pleasance 2 ha
🛝 Family🎠 Play🧺 Picnic
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
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51.52521, -0.20927
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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 ☕ Lucky Bean — 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 ☕ Lucky Bean — 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🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 6 (proposed)
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Barnes Trail Extension Walking route ▾
The 2.3 mile Trail, and the 3 mile Extension, have been designed to show Barnes at its best. The route is circular, so it doesn't matter where you start – just follow the silver 'Barnes Trail' discs set in the ground
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Wembley Park underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Grand Union Canal (Paddington Arm) Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
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Named route Local walking route
Show on map SALSA route (Acton Swimming Baths) Walking route ▾
Sustainable Access to Leisure Sites and Amenities (SALSA) Project route.
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Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
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Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
36,314 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 36,314 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Blue Tit +37
Coot Fulica atra Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · House Mouse
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 House Mouse Mus musculus2025 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Marmalade Hoverfly · Batman Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug +17
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 36,314 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Blue Tit +37
Coot Fulica atra Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · House Mouse
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 House Mouse Mus musculus2025 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Marmalade Hoverfly · Batman Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug +17
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris2025
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris2025
Suillia Suillia2025
Suillia Suillia2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Bembidion articulatum Bembidion articulatum2025
Bembidion articulatum Bembidion articulatum2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
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