Holdbrook Allotment Gardens
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
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Places › England › Eastern › Broxbourne Getting here
51.68727, -0.02072
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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 206m 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 206m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 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 — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Coot +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Coot +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Allotments
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Graphosoma italicum, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +67 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Graphosoma italicum, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 19 signed routes nearby · 14 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 Epping Forest Big Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Enfield Lock station Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Beech Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Trinity Marsh Lane public footpath · 206 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 206 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map 122 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 Enfield Chase to Arnos Park Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
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Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
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National Cycle Network link route
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
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Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
63,293 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 63,293 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +44
Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Smew Mergellus albellus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Fallow Deer Dama dama Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 7 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Juniper Shieldbug · Coccidula rufa +2
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Coccidula rufa Coccidula rufa Psammoecus bipunctatus Psammoecus bipunctatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 63,293 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +44
Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Smew Mergellus albellus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Fallow Deer Dama dama Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 7 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Juniper Shieldbug · Coccidula rufa +2
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Coccidula rufa Coccidula rufa Psammoecus bipunctatus Psammoecus bipunctatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025 