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Grovelands Recreation Ground

5 ha

📷 Stacey Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.40189, -0.37619

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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
🛝Playground on site — 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Brown Hawker +34 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter, Brown Hawker +34 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Thames Path - alternateWalking route

avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton

Named routeRef TPaltRegional walking route

LOOP link to Fulwell stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Thames Down LinkWalking route

Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route

Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 8)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

86 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 34Cycling route

Named routeRef 34Local cycle route

Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cycleway 28Cycling route

Named routeRef C28

LCN 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75Local cycle route

Route CCycling route

Link from Cycleway 28 to Kingston University/C29

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Cycleway 28Cycling route

Named routeRef C28Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

63,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

63,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit +37

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CootFulica atra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GadwallMareca strepera
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
PochardAythya ferina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2026

Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Egle ciliata · Marmalade Hoverfly

Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Egle ciliataEgle ciliata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

63,695 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit +37

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CootFulica atra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GadwallMareca strepera
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
PochardAythya ferina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2026

Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Egle ciliata · Marmalade Hoverfly

Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Egle ciliataEgle ciliata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stacey Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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