Linear Training Fortification, Royal Military Repository 1 ha
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Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Fortification scheduled monument
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 139m 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 139m 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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +74 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Feather-moss, Common Cord-moss +3 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Feather-moss, Common Cord-moss +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
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Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
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Named route Local walking route
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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
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Signed route nearby
The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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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
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Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
14,471 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,471 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +44
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 25 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Closterotomus trivialis · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket +20
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,471 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +44
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 25 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Closterotomus trivialis · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket +20
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata 