Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.54210, -0.37417
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕San Remo Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕San Remo Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Hayes & Harlington stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stanmore to the Thames Cycle RouteCycling route▾
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
LCN 88aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 88aLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
LCN 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41Local cycle route
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,852 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,852 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Pied Wagtail · Blackbird · Magpie · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +39
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- SwiftApus apus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2026▾
Beaver · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat · Brown Rat +1
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Common Pipistrelle
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Carder Bee +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cow Parsley · Giant Hogweed · Hairy Bitter-cress · Musk Stork's-bill
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,852 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Pied Wagtail · Blackbird · Magpie · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +39
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- SwiftApus apus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2026▾
Beaver · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat · Brown Rat +1
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Common Pipistrelle
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Carder Bee +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cow Parsley · Giant Hogweed · Hairy Bitter-cress · Musk Stork's-bill
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle
Swollen-thighed Beetle
Oedemera nobilis2025
Oedemera nobilis2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025