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Messines Playing Field

📷 Ben Brooksbank · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

51.40329, -0.22337

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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
  • ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🛝Playground 189m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Small White +58 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Small White +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

playground; Playing field

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wandle TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Wandle-Oaks LinkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Balham stationWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
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Cycling

204 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Hogsmill River bridge GreenwayCycling route
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 77 linkCycling route
Named routeRef (77)Local cycle route
LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Raynes Park to Wimbledon Cycleway (proposed)Cycling route
Named route
LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 74Cycling route
Named routeRef 74Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bushey Mead, Merton, 1995, Messines Playing Fields - geograph.org.uk - 4693727

📷 Ben Brooksbank · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bushey Mead, Merton, 1995, Messines Playing Fields - geograph.org.uk - 4693727

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