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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.45758, -0.03173
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails ☕ Deja Brew — 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails ☕ Deja Brew — 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
🦉 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 — Magpie, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Rock Dove, Woodpigeon +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +76 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Southern Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 494 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
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 Ladywell Cemetery : shady path
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Wildlife to spot
42,603 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 42,603 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Moorhen · Robin +28
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Tit Parus major Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Red Fox
🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Juniper Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly +5
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Common Cord-moss · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 42,603 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Moorhen · Robin +28
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Tit Parus major Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Red Fox
🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Juniper Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly +5
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Common Cord-moss · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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