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Oldfield Allotments

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 231m away — 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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 231m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Mallard, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mallard, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Dark Bush-cricket +211 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Dark Bush-cricket +211 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km

Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route

Celandine RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Hayes & Harlington stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route

Brent River Park footpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

52 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Stanmore to the Thames Cycle RouteCycling route

Named route

LCN 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

LCN 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

LCN 88aCycling route

Named routeRef 88aLocal cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

LCN 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

39,901 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,901 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Pied Wagtail · Red Kite · Coot +35

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springautumn

2026

Red Fox · Beaver · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BeaverCastor fiber
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects31 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dark Bush-cricket · Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug +26

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
EupeodesEupeodes
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
SyrphusSyrphus
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,901 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Pied Wagtail · Red Kite · Coot +35

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

springautumn

2026

Red Fox · Beaver · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BeaverCastor fiber
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects31 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dark Bush-cricket · Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug +26

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
EupeodesEupeodes
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
SyrphusSyrphus
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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