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Places › England › London › Lewisham Getting here
51.46245, -0.01012
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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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ T4 Tea For U — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ T4 Tea For U — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
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 — Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +82 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Common Cord-moss, Silver-moss · last seen 2026; Plants — Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Common Cord-moss, Silver-moss · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 56 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 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 508 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
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Wildlife to spot
42,299 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 42,299 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Juniper Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Rose Chafer · Epistrophe eligans +4
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Cord-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 42,299 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 9 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Juniper Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Rose Chafer · Epistrophe eligans +4
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Cord-moss
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025 