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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.58814, 0.03667
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉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 — Mute Swan, Robin, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Robin, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Syrphus, Green Shieldbug +126 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Syrphus, Green Shieldbug +126 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LeawayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
14,202 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,202 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Syrphus · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Scarce Chaser +22
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus
- Phania funestaPhania funesta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,202 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Syrphus · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Scarce Chaser +22
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus
- Phania funestaPhania funesta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
