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Places › England › Eastern › Harlow Getting here
51.74899, 0.08333
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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 153m 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 153m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Blue Tit, Greenfinch, House Sparrow +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Greenfinch, House Sparrow +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +39 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Forests Way Walking route 96 km ▾
Named route Length 96 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map London to Walsingham - stage 02 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LW02 Local 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 Forest Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Route 61 Cycling route 34 km ▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named route Ref 61 Length 34 km National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 2 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 140 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 140 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 967 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 967 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
5,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,310 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
spring summer winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · House Sparrow +47
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Fallow Deer · Red Fox
Fallow Deer Dama dama Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2023 Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Pine Ladybird +8
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024 Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,310 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
spring summer winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · House Sparrow +47
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Fallow Deer · Red Fox
Fallow Deer Dama dama Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2023 Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Pine Ladybird +8
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024 Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2023
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2023 