🧺 Picnic🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family
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Places › England › London › Tower Hamlets Getting here
51.51314, -0.05847
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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 ☕ Cafe Rosh — 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Cafe Rosh — 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🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Great Tit +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Great Tit +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 47 signed routes nearby
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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 Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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
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LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
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NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
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Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
37,768 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 37,768 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove +45
Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Domestic Dog Canis lupus subsp. familiaris Red-eared Terrapin
Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 16 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus Syrphus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 🌿 Plants 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Annual Buttonweed · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 37,768 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove +45
Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Domestic Dog Canis lupus subsp. familiaris Red-eared Terrapin
Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 16 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus Syrphus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 🌿 Plants 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Annual Buttonweed · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis
Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
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