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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.55747, 0.11452
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 129m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 129m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Coot +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Coot +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
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Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
Jubilee Greenway (section 5)Walking route▾
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Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route
Jubilee Greenway (section 4)Walking route▾
Named routeRef JGRegional walking route
117 signed routes nearby
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LCN 55Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
10,160 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,160 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Egyptian Goose +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SwiftApus apus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Polistichus connexus · Firebug · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · 2-spot Ladybird +5
- Polistichus connexusPolistichus connexus
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,160 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mallard · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose · Egyptian Goose +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SwiftApus apus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Polistichus connexus · Firebug · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · 2-spot Ladybird +5
- Polistichus connexusPolistichus connexus
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria2024
Volucella zonaria2024
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus2024Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus2024