🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome52 ha
Getting here
51.44971, -0.31315
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Thames Path
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Fulwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Embankmentpublic footpath · 60 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 60 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
138 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route
LCN 34 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (34)Local cycle route
LCN 35Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 35Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
50,965 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
50,965 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Redwing · Robin · Blackbird · Mute Swan +14
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects32 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 10-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Orange Ladybird +27
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Marble Screw-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,965 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Redwing · Robin · Blackbird · Mute Swan +14
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects32 species
winterspring
2026▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 10-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Orange Ladybird +27
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Marble Screw-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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