Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
51.52521, 0.12227
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕GROUNDED — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕GROUNDED — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Coot, Rock Dove +72 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🧺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
Birds — Mallard, Coot, Rock Dove +72 more · last seen 2026; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, Cabbage Bug +109 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km37 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
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
link to Erith stationWalking route▾
signpost link from Erith station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
219 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVW
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C33Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike CourseMountain bike route▾
Photos
Barking Riverside bridge from Northgate Road July 2022 09
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,355 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,355 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Rock Dove · Magpie · Herring Gull · Goldfinch +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects70 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Brachinus sclopeta · Field Grasshopper · 2-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly +65
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Brachinus sclopetaBrachinus sclopeta2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,355 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Rock Dove · Magpie · Herring Gull · Goldfinch +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects70 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Brachinus sclopeta · Field Grasshopper · 2-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly +65
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Brachinus sclopetaBrachinus sclopeta2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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