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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
51.48892, 0.12842
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Nalassus laevioctostriatus +89 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km53 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
link to Falconwood stationWalking route▾
Signposts link from Falconwood station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Falconwood stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Chapman's Lanepublic footpath · 435 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 435 mSurface dirtPath type: path
235 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C33Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route (1)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike CourseMountain bike route▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,996 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,996 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Great Tit · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects23 species
springautumn
2026▾
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Heather Weevil · Gorse Weevil · Trioza urticae +18
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small Heather WeevilMicrelus ericae
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae
- Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum
Silver-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Bank Haircap · Juniper Haircap +2
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
- Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2025
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,996 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Great Tit · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects23 species
springautumn
2026▾
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Heather Weevil · Gorse Weevil · Trioza urticae +18
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small Heather WeevilMicrelus ericae
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae
- Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum
Silver-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Bank Haircap · Juniper Haircap +2
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
- Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2025
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
PterostichusPterostichusPterostichusPterostichusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorWhite-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornutaWhite-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornutaHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Deltocephalus pulicarisDeltocephalus pulicaris2025Deltocephalus pulicarisDeltocephalus pulicaris202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Zonocyba bifasciataZonocyba bifasciata2025Zonocyba bifasciataZonocyba bifasciata2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025Errastunus ocellarisErrastunus ocellaris2025Errastunus ocellarisErrastunus ocellaris2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Lindbergina aurovittataLindbergina aurovittata2025Lindbergina aurovittataLindbergina aurovittata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata20252025
2025
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum2025Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum2025Events & activities nearby
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