King George V Playing Field
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
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Places › England › South East › Runnymede Getting here
51.39454, -0.57333
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 137m 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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 137m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🦉 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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Field Grasshopper, Large Red Damselfly, Southern Hawker +130 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Field Grasshopper, Large Red Damselfly, Southern Hawker +130 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Neat Feather-moss, Springy Turf-moss · last seen 2026; Plants — Neat Feather-moss, Springy Turf-moss · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Memorial Route, Runnymede Walking route 3.7 km ▾
This route takes you to all the memorials and artworks at Runnymede, and through the woods to the Commonwealth Airforce Memorial with its lovely views. This route includes some steps and slopes that can be slippery/muddy.
Named route Length 3.7 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map Summer Route, Runnymede Walking route 3 km ▾
A varied summer route that runs past our key memorials and gives you a sense of the Runnymede landscape, including woods, meadows, ponds and riverside.
Named route Length 3 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 90 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Windsor Great Park permitted cycle route (daylight hours only) Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
25,831 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 25,831 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Rock Dove Columba livia Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coot Fulica atra Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Shoveler Spatula clypeata Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greylag Goose Anser anser Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Stock Dove Columba oenas Black Swan Cygnus atratus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Coal Tit Periparus ater Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 20 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Field Grasshopper · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Migrant Hawker +15
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 25,831 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Rock Dove Columba livia Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coot Fulica atra Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Shoveler Spatula clypeata Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greylag Goose Anser anser Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Stock Dove Columba oenas Black Swan Cygnus atratus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Coal Tit Periparus ater Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 20 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Field Grasshopper · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Migrant Hawker +15
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Green Drake Ephemera danica
Green Drake Ephemera danica
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax 