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Lee Valley Ice Centre

1 ha

WildlifeBirdsPicnic

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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51.56363, -0.04609

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPicnic spot

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Peregrine, Black-headed Gull, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Black-headed Gull, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Willow Aphid, Epistrophe eligans +70 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Willow Aphid, Epistrophe eligans +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

38 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

The LineWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

221 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Leaway (detour)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripPrivate

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route QCycling route

Named routeRef QRegional cycle route

LCN 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Cycleway 38Cycling route

Named routeRef C38Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

77,975 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

77,975 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Robin · Canada Goose · Kingfisher · Black-headed Gull · Gadwall +37

RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
TealAnas crecca
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2026

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Field Vole · Red Fox

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects57 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Common Water-Boatman +52

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
SyrphusSyrphus
Kateretes pusillusKateretes pusillus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Aspidapion radiolusAspidapion radiolus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Scolopostethus affinisScolopostethus affinis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima
Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
Buchananiella continuaBuchananiella continua
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus
European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti
Perapion hydrolapathiPerapion hydrolapathi
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis
Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci
Small Black AntLasius niger
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Zygina lunarisZygina lunaris
Pegomya flavifronsPegomya flavifrons
Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Taeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticarium
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

77,975 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Robin · Canada Goose · Kingfisher · Black-headed Gull · Gadwall +37

RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
TealAnas crecca
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2026

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Field Vole · Red Fox

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects57 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Common Water-Boatman +52

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
SyrphusSyrphus
Kateretes pusillusKateretes pusillus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Aspidapion radiolusAspidapion radiolus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Scolopostethus affinisScolopostethus affinis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima
Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
Buchananiella continuaBuchananiella continua
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus
European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti
Perapion hydrolapathiPerapion hydrolapathi
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinis
Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci
Small Black AntLasius niger
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Zygina lunarisZygina lunaris
Pegomya flavifronsPegomya flavifrons
Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Taeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticarium
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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