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Old Farm Park

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Trichocera annulata, Notiophilus rufipes, Epistrophe eligans +5 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Trichocera annulata, Notiophilus rufipes, Epistrophe eligans +5 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Signposts link from Falconwood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Literary Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRef LHTLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Mottingham stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Green Chain Walk section 2Walking route

"Enjoy a panoramic view of the Thames estuary at Erith before heading up to high climes at Bostall Woods and London's hidden heathland."

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

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Cycling

73 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Literary Heritage TrailCycling route

Named routeRef LHTPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 68Cycling route

Named routeRef 68Local cycle route

LCN 64Cycling route

Named routeRef 64Local cycle route

LCN 64Cycling route

Named routeRef 64Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

185,991 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

185,991 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +34

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CootFulica atra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox

Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Epistrophe eligans

Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

185,991 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +34

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CootFulica atra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox

Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Epistrophe eligans

Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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