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Harleyford Road Community Garden

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Kennington Lane Kebab — 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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Kennington Lane Kebab — 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 parkingCaféParkingPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rose Chafer, Batman Hoverfly +87 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rose Chafer, Batman Hoverfly +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Rock Dove, Magpie +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Rock Dove, Magpie +41 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

39 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wandle TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Balham stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

466 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycleway 3Cycling route

Named routeRef C3Regional cycle route

LCN 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22Local cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route (C27)Cycling route

Named routeRef (C27)Regional cycle route

Route ■Cycling route

Named routeRef ■Local cycle route

Route QCycling route

Named routeRef QRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,856 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,856 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Blackbird · Ring-necked Parakeet · Robin +28

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects14 species

autumn

2026

Eupeodes · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Trioza centranthi +9

EupeodesEupeodes
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025

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Plants4 species

winter

2026

Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Crescent-cup Liverwort

Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,856 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Blackbird · Ring-necked Parakeet · Robin +28

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GadwallMareca strepera
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects14 species

autumn

2026

Eupeodes · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Trioza centranthi +9

EupeodesEupeodes
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025

🌿

Plants4 species

winter

2026

Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Crescent-cup Liverwort

Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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