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🧺 Picnic🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.53419, -0.06948
Open directionsv 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 109m 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 109m 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🚻 Toilets
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Show on map 495 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
C6 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C6) Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 7 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 17 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C17 Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos View along the path in Haggerston Park from Queensbridge Road
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Wildlife to spot
27,782 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,782 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +17
Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 22 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · Eristalis tenax · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eupeodes +17
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Eupeodes Eupeodes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,782 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +17
Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 22 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · Eristalis tenax · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eupeodes +17
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Eupeodes Eupeodes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Eristalis Eristalis
Eristalis Eristalis
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata