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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 33 ha
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.46023, -0.02563
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +34 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 50 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 507 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 View of the Shard from the top of the hill in Hilly Fields Park
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Wildlife to spot
39,858 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 39,858 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +32
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 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 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 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 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Juniper Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +5
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax 🌿 Plants 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Cord-moss · Silver-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Silver-moss Bryum argenteum2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 39,858 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow +32
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 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 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 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 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Juniper Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +5
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax 🌿 Plants 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Cord-moss · Silver-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Silver-moss Bryum argenteum2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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