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Forest Farm Peace Garden

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.60066, 0.09471

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Robin +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Robin +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, 16-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, 16-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Greater Stitchwort · last seen 2024; Plants — Greater Stitchwort · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

London LOOP (Section 20)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Local cycle route

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Seven Kings GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 7KGLocal cycle route

Cycleway 16Cycling route

Link from Cycleway 16 to Barkingside station

Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

27,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummer

2026

Carrion Crow · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard · Great Tit +57

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PochardAythya ferina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

16-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Bishop's Mitre · 14-spot Ladybird +13

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Neophilaenus lineatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummer

2026

Carrion Crow · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard · Great Tit +57

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PochardAythya ferina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

16-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Bishop's Mitre · 14-spot Ladybird +13

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Neophilaenus lineatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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