🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 15 ha
Places › England › London › Newham Getting here
51.51326, 0.04006
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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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Jackie's Love Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Jackie's Love Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 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, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Bramble, Garlic Mustard, Elder +1 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 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 476 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
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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 Path in King George V park
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Wildlife to spot
6,085 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,085 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Coot · Mallard · Herring Gull +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Rosemary Beetle Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,085 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Coot · Mallard · Herring Gull +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Rosemary Beetle Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chrysolina americana
Chrysolina americana
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Clover-root Weevil Sitona hispidulus
Clover-root Weevil Sitona hispidulus
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
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