Lavender Pond Nature Park
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Southwark Getting here
51.50589, -0.03739
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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 289m 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 289m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Moorhen +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Moorhen +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 13
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 49 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 Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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 638 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map 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
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Wildlife to spot
47,953 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 47,953 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Mallard · Coot +28
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greylag Goose Anser anser House Sparrow Passer domesticus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly · Epistrophe eligans +6
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 🌿 Plants 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Annual Buttonweed · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 47,953 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Mallard · Coot +28
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greylag Goose Anser anser House Sparrow Passer domesticus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly · Epistrophe eligans +6
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 🌿 Plants 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Annual Buttonweed · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis
Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Hayhurstia atriplicis Hayhurstia atriplicis
Hayhurstia atriplicis Hayhurstia atriplicis
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus 