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🛝 Family🎠 Play🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › London › Southwark Getting here
51.50228, -0.09676
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ munchies — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ munchies — 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· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Pochard, Black-headed Gull, Shoveler +43 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Black-headed Gull, Shoveler +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Jubilee Greenway (section 10) Walking route ▾
Alternative section of the Jubilee Greenway walking route created in 2012 to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Named route Ref JG Regional walking route
Show on map link to Nunhead station Walking route ▾
signposted link from Nunhead station to the Green Chain Walk
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map 532 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Mint Street Park, Southwark
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Wildlife to spot
34,161 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 34,161 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pochard · Black-headed Gull · Shoveler · Starling · Magpie +16
Pochard Aythya ferina Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Shoveler Spatula clypeata Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Trioza centranthi · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly · Ant Damsel Bug +3
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · White-tipped Bristle-moss
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 34,161 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pochard · Black-headed Gull · Shoveler · Starling · Magpie +16
Pochard Aythya ferina Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Shoveler Spatula clypeata Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Trioza centranthi · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly · Ant Damsel Bug +3
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · White-tipped Bristle-moss
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis