Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
51.57768, 0.21505
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Starling
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Starling
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Starling, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Starling, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Gatekeeper, Small White +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Havering Green WaysWalking route▾
London LOOP (Section 20)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 23)Walking route▾
"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,657 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,657 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Starling · Magpie · Mallard +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Brown Rat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Firebug · Green-veined White · Small White +16
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,657 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Starling · Magpie · Mallard +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Brown Rat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Firebug · Green-veined White · Small White +16
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
