Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.63571, -0.05906
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 104m 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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 104m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Raven +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Raven +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Gordon Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
New River LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
156 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route (12)Cycling route▾
Alternative (step-free) route avoiding railway bridge
Named routeRef (12)Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
LCN 54Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 54Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
20,409 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,409 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Hobby · Peregrine · Raven · Little Ringed Plover · Robin +20
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Eupeodes corollae · Eupeodes · Dark-edged Bee-fly +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,409 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Hobby · Peregrine · Raven · Little Ringed Plover · Robin +20
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Eupeodes corollae · Eupeodes · Dark-edged Bee-fly +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Events & activities nearby
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