Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome157 ha
Getting here
51.52808, 0.19761
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackcap
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackcap
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Chiffchaff +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Chiffchaff +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Rhaphigaster nebulosa +74 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Purfleet stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
link to Abbey Wood stationWalking route▾
Signed link from Abbey Wood station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Green Chain Walk section 1Walking route▾
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
link to Erith stationWalking route▾
signpost link from Erith station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Green Chain Walk section 2Walking route▾
"Enjoy a panoramic view of the Thames estuary at Erith before heading up to high climes at Bostall Woods and London's hidden heathland."
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
137 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North)Cycling route▾
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike CourseMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,691 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,691 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TealAnas crecca
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwanCygnus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Hedgehog · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Marsh Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
🐝Insects60 species
springautumn
2026▾
Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 24-spot Ladybird · Rhaphigaster nebulosa +55
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,691 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TealAnas crecca
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SwanCygnus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Hedgehog · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Marsh Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
🐝Insects60 species
springautumn
2026▾
Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 24-spot Ladybird · Rhaphigaster nebulosa +55
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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