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🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.47738, -0.03616
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Rose's Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Rose's Kitchen — 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· Free 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +104 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +104 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 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 Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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13,466 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,466 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes +5
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Silver-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,466 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes +5
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Silver-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hayhurstia atriplicis Hayhurstia atriplicis
Hayhurstia atriplicis Hayhurstia atriplicis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 