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Greenway Avenue Community Garden

1 ha

WildlifeFamilyPlay

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.58700, 0.00209

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Rising Son Cafe — 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Rising Son Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Wool Carder Bee, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Syrphus ribesii +62 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Wool Carder Bee, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Syrphus ribesii +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

17 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

162 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

LeawayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 26Cycling route

Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CLocal cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

44,012 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

44,012 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Black Redstart · Moorhen +36

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

Platycheirus · Syrphus ribesii

PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

44,012 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Black Redstart · Moorhen +36

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

Platycheirus · Syrphus ribesii

PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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