Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome128 ha
Getting here
51.49725, -0.29086
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Clubhouse Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Clubhouse Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +31 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +31 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
122 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Trees in Gunnersbury Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
45,004 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,004 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Jay · Robin +30
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Minotaur Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella · Saissetia coffeae +9
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- PipizellaPipizella
- Saissetia coffeaeSaissetia coffeae
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Common Cord-moss
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,004 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Jay · Robin +30
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Minotaur Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella · Saissetia coffeae +9
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- PipizellaPipizella
- Saissetia coffeaeSaissetia coffeae
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Common Cord-moss
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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