Kingston Road Recreation Ground
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.40397, -0.27830
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Crave — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Crave — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, Southern Green Shieldbug +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Fulwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 8)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 9)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
162 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Hogsmill River bridge GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Raynes Park to Wimbledon Cycleway (proposed)Cycling route▾
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28
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Wildlife to spot
51,283 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,283 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Wren +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Syrphus · Melanostoma scalare +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Phaonia fuscata
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,283 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Wren +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Syrphus · Melanostoma scalare +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Phaonia fuscata
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phaonia fuscata
Phaonia fuscata
Platycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusElipsocus hyalinusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusMalvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2025Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025