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Lee Valley Country Park

2 ha

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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51.68763, -0.01063

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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 286m 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 286m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

Best for

9 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 — Pochard, Shoveler, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Graphosoma italicum, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Graphosoma italicum, Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +55 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

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

17 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Three Forests WayWalking route96 km

Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Beech TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal 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

Waltons Walkpublic footpath · 724 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 724 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

Waltons Walkpublic footpath · 74 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 74 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

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Cycling

120 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Route (1)Cycling route

National Cycle Network link route

Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Cycleway 20Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Forty Hall Park GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

70,150 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

70,150 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds84 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard +79

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BitternBotaurus stellaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Wood DuckAix sponsa2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

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Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Fallow DeerDama dama
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects58 species

autumn

2026

Graphosoma italicum · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Southern Green Shieldbug +53

Graphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicum2025
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Psammoecus bipunctatusPsammoecus bipunctatus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
a weevilCurculionidae2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

70,150 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds84 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard +79

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BitternBotaurus stellaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Wood DuckAix sponsa2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Fallow DeerDama dama
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects58 species

autumn

2026

Graphosoma italicum · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Southern Green Shieldbug +53

Graphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicum2025
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Agrilus cuprescensAgrilus cuprescens2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
Psammoecus bipunctatusPsammoecus bipunctatus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
a weevilCurculionidae2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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