Hatch End Riverside Park
3 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.60713, -0.36379
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Morrisons Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Morrisons Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Rock Dove, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Ringlet +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Proyer's PathCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
LCN+ link 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN+ link 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
17,588 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,588 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Mallard +31
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Long-winged Cone-head +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricket
Lady's Bedstraw
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,588 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Mallard +31
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Long-winged Cone-head +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricket
Lady's Bedstraw
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roeseliana roeselii2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaeUroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae2025Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaeUroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025