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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
51.63500, -0.05929
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Peregrine
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Peregrine
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Raven +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
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
Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Raven +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird +19 more · last seen 2026
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
154 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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
20,062 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,062 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Hobby · Peregrine · Raven · Little Ringed Plover · Robin +19
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- 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
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- 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 · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Eupeodes +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,062 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Hobby · Peregrine · Raven · Little Ringed Plover · Robin +19
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- 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
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- 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 · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Eupeodes +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025