Plan your visit
🛝 Family🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 75 ha
Getting here
51.57061, -0.10157
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Woodpigeon ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Finsbury Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Woodpigeon ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Finsbury Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Robin +48 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon, Robin +48 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Meliscaeva auricollis, 7-spot Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Greenway (section 10) Walking route ▾
Alternative section of the Jubilee Greenway walking route created in 2012 to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Named route Ref JG Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 197 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C20 Regional cycle route
Show on map Regent's Canal Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map River Lee Navigation Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Lake in Finsbury Park (1)
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Wildlife to spot
133,684 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 133,684 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Mallard +44
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Gadwall Mareca strepera Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Brown Rat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 13 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger · Dark-edged Bee-fly +8
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 133,684 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Mallard +44
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Gadwall Mareca strepera Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Brown Rat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 13 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger · Dark-edged Bee-fly +8
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Cis villosulus Cis villosulus
Cis villosulus Cis villosulus
Temnothorax nylanderi Temnothorax nylanderi
Temnothorax nylanderi Temnothorax nylanderi
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 