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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Kingston upon Thames Getting here
51.38757, -0.29334
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
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 ☕ Coffee on the Corner — 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 ☕ Coffee on the Corner — 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
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, Common Darter +75 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, Common Darter +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Ewell West station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Fulwell station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path - northern bank Walking route ▾
Created to ease maintenance on the "main" Thames Path from Source to Woolwich. The North (or true Left) Bank has many diversions away. Through central London (Battersea Bridge to Tower Bridge) the route tends to hug the River.
Named route Ref TPnth Regional walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Kingston station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map 115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 31 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 31 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 31 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C31 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 29 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C29 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 31 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 31 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 29 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C29 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
57,654 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 57,654 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Great Tit +35
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Epistrophe eligans +7
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Syrphus torvus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 57,654 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Great Tit +35
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Epistrophe eligans +7
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Syrphus torvus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Mordellochroa abdominalis Mordellochroa abdominalis
Mordellochroa abdominalis Mordellochroa abdominalis
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Malvapion malvae Malvapion malvae2025
Malvapion malvae Malvapion malvae2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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