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Manorway Green

2 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-tailed Godwit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-tailed Godwit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

11 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Brachinus sclopeta, Migrant Hawker, Brown-banded Carder Bee +68 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Brachinus sclopeta, Migrant Hawker, Brown-banded Carder Bee +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

46 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Woolwich Dockyard stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

link to Abbey Wood stationWalking route

Signed link from Abbey Wood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Green Chain Walk section 1Walking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

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Cycling

222 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

Wildlife to spot

39,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pintail · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit +56

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GadwallMareca strepera
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Great TitParus major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

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Plants2 species

winter

2026

Silver-moss · Common Feather-moss

Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pintail · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit +56

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GadwallMareca strepera
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Great TitParus major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Silver-moss · Common Feather-moss

Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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