Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.55564, -0.19997
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Have an Avo — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Have an Avo — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Magpie, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Mallard, Magpie, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +126 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 11)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 12)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Hendon Central underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
140 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Regional cycle route
LCN 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Regent's CanalCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Grand Union Canal towpathCycling route▾
'Recommended cycle route'
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 5 linkCycling route▾
Marylebone Station link
Named routeRef (5)Local cycle route
Photos
From the entrance of Hampstead Cemetery Chapel
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
18,635 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,635 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Jay +29
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Batman Hoverfly +44
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,635 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Jay +29
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Batman Hoverfly +44
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumDolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2025Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesXylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2025Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2025Chirosia betuletiChirosia betuleti2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Japanese Maple LeafhopperJapananus hyalinus2025Japanese Maple LeafhopperJapananus hyalinus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2025Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2025Sand Tailed Digger WaspCerceris arenaria2025Sand Tailed Digger WaspCerceris arenaria2025Astata boopsAstata boops2025Astata boopsAstata boops2025Isodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicana2025Isodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicana2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2025Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2025Events & activities nearby
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