Glade Lane Canalside Park
19 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
51.50409, -0.36165
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️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
- 🛝Playground 143m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 143m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Magpie, Grey Heron +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Kestrel, Magpie, Grey Heron +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Eupeodes +92 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Eupeodes +92 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
LOOP link to Hatton Cross UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Hayes & Harlington stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 30Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
LCN 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34Local cycle route
LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
36,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
36,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Kestrel · Starling · Green Woodpecker · Grey Heron +40
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria +12
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · Kestrel · Starling · Green Woodpecker · Grey Heron +40
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria +12
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorCriorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculiEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax