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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.46147, -0.02359
Open directionsv 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Vanilla's Coffee — 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Vanilla's Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
playground, toilets, café
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +100 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +100 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Line Walking route ▾
Named route 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 Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 513 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Downhill view, Hilly Fields Park
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Wildlife to spot
34,142 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 34,142 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Juniper Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Rose Chafer +7
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 🌿 Plants 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Silver-moss · Common Cord-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum2025 Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 34,142 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Juniper Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Rose Chafer +7
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 🌿 Plants 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Silver-moss · Common Cord-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum2025 Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025 