Farnborough Recreation Ground
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
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Places › England › London › Bromley Getting here
51.36773, 0.06256
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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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 127m 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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 127m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Melanostoma scalare +48 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Melanostoma scalare +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Playing field
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 15 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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 LOOP link to Hayes station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cudham Circular Walk Walking route ▾
A rural route passing near to Down House, Darwin's home, and Downe village to which a diversion could be made. Passing near Biggin Hill airport on a ridgeline, it reaches the London LOOP coming into High Elms Country Park, finally ascending back to Cudham
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tandridge Border Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 2) Walking route ▾
“a green and easy route through the suburbs of southeast London.” Sights: * Willet Memorial Wood * Scadbury Park * Stable Meadows * Five Arch Bridge
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map Park Avenue public footpath · 472 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 472 m Path type: residential
Show on map 34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
Show on map Lower Sydenham to Bromley Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Quietway route from Lower Sydenham to Bromley - estimated completion date of May 2019 (as of 2017)
Named route
Show on map Bromley to Orpington cycle route Cycling route ▾
Potential future Bromley to Orpington cycle route
Named route
Show on map LCN 27 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 27 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 27 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 27 Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Photos The pavilion on Farnborough Recreation Ground
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Wildlife to spot
30,112 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 30,112 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jay +35
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare · Epistrophe eligans · 10-spot Ladybird +8
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Hairy-footed Flower Bee Crescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 30,112 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jay +35
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare · Epistrophe eligans · 10-spot Ladybird +8
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Hairy-footed Flower Bee Crescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthophora plumipes
Anthophora plumipes
Face Fly Musca autumnalis
Face Fly Musca autumnalis
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina
Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata 