🛝Family🎠Play🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.53653, -0.14916
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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 183m 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 183m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
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Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
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Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
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Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
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Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
310 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
C6 linkCycling route▾
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Quietway 15 (proposed)Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
47,527 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,527 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin +20
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Large Willow Aphid
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,527 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin +20
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Large Willow Aphid
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminataBishop's MitreAelia acuminataHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataEvents & activities nearby
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