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🧺Picnic🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.55476, -0.03821
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕E5 Square Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕E5 Square Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Capital Ring (Section 13)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The LineWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
270 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 16 (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycleway 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Cycleway 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route
Cycleway 37Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C37Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Leyton to Blackhorse Road cycle route
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
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Towerblock, Clapton Park Estate
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Wildlife to spot
81,394 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
81,394 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Coot · Mallard · Robin · Moorhen +38
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Field Vole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects54 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Pea-leaf Weevil +49
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
81,394 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Coot · Mallard · Robin · Moorhen +38
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TealAnas crecca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Field Vole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects54 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Pea-leaf Weevil +49
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas