Oak Hill Park ✦ Ancient woodland 15 ha
🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal🦅 Birds
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 15 ha
Places › England › London › Barnet Getting here
51.64070, -0.15144
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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 on site — 20 car parks within reach 🌤️ 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 on site — 20 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Blackthorn, Dogwood, Lesser Celandine +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Collared Dove +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Collared Dove +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle, 24-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +44 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle, 24-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Cockfosters Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Dollis Valley Greenwalk link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DVGlink Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Gordon Hill station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map New River Link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR link Local walking route
Show on map Pymmes Brook Trail Walking route ▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Enfield Chase to Arnos Park Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 21 Cycling route ▾
Finished Cycleway route will run from Meridian Water to Enfield Town
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 20 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C20 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
19,694 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,694 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Great Tit · Collared Dove · Long-tailed Tit +30
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 🐝 Insects 30 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Stag Beetle · Rose Chafer · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Meadow Grasshopper +25
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025 Dogwood
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,694 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Great Tit · Collared Dove · Long-tailed Tit +30
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 🐝 Insects 30 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Stag Beetle · Rose Chafer · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Meadow Grasshopper +25
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025 Dogwood
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Stag Beetle
Lesser Stag Beetle
Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2025
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2025
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum2025
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2025
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus2025
Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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