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51.40613, -0.48809
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blue Tit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground 114m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blue Tit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground 114m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Blackcap +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Blackcap +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Iris Weevil, Eupeodes luniger +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Iris Weevil, Eupeodes luniger +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Locks and Levels (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional 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 123 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 99 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 99 Local 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 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Ferry Lane bridleway · 759 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 759 m Surface dirt Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Laleham Park - Northern Boundary
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Wildlife to spot
41,751 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 41,751 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Coot · Mute Swan · Mallard · Robin · Egyptian Goose +45
Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Greylag Goose Anser anser Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia House Martin Delichon urbicum Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Gadwall Mareca strepera Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Swallow Hirundo rustica Common Gull Larus canus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Siskin Spinus spinus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common Tern Sterna hirundo Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Black Swan Cygnus atratus Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Leisler's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle +1
Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii 🐝 Insects 26 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Iris Weevil · Eupeodes luniger · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Closterotomus trivialis +21
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Iris Weevil Mononychus punctumalbum Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 41,751 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Coot · Mute Swan · Mallard · Robin · Egyptian Goose +45
Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Greylag Goose Anser anser Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Herring Gull Larus argentatus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia House Martin Delichon urbicum Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Gadwall Mareca strepera Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Swallow Hirundo rustica Common Gull Larus canus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Siskin Spinus spinus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common Tern Sterna hirundo Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Black Swan Cygnus atratus Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Leisler's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle +1
Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii 🐝 Insects 26 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Iris Weevil · Eupeodes luniger · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Closterotomus trivialis +21
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Iris Weevil Mononychus punctumalbum Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Hyposoter tricoloripes Hyposoter tricoloripes
Hyposoter tricoloripes Hyposoter tricoloripes
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Aptesis Aptesis
Aptesis Aptesis
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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