🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
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51.45777, -0.06064
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 167m 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 167m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird +86 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 04) - alternative for dogs in Norwood Grove Walking route ▾
This alternative route is for those with dogs, which are not permitted on any path to the west
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 527 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 1 Cycling route ▾
Link between NCN 1 and Crossharbour DLR station
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (22) Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Pergola in the Sexby Garden, Peckham Rye Park
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Wildlife to spot
43,855 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 43,855 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 22 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon +17
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Helina evecta · 7-spot Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis +13
Helina evecta Helina evecta 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Eupeodes Eupeodes Dark-edged Bee-fly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 43,855 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 22 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon +17
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Helina evecta · 7-spot Ladybird · Varied Carpet Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis +13
Helina evecta Helina evecta 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Eupeodes Eupeodes Dark-edged Bee-fly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
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