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POPE'S GARDEN

1 ha

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

51.44230, -0.33275

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 267m 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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 267m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Robin, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Grey Heron, Robin, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +104 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +104 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Forked Veilwort, Lateral Cryphaea · last seen 2025; Plants — Forked Veilwort, Lateral Cryphaea · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route

Named route

Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Brent River Park footpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

LOOP link to Fulwell stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

122 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 33Cycling route

Named routeRef 33Local cycle route

LCN 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75Local cycle route

LCN 33Cycling route

Named routeRef 33Local cycle route

LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route

Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route

LCN 34 linkCycling route

Named routeRef (34)Local cycle route

LCN 44Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

52,413 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

52,413 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds14 species

spring

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Great Crested Grebe · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Red-legged Partridge +9

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects27 species

winterspring

2026

Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 10-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Orange Ladybird +22

Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Zygina lunarisZygina lunaris
Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
Anthonomus pediculariusAnthonomus pedicularius
Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Hadrobregmus denticollisHadrobregmus denticollis
Anthonomus bituberculatusAnthonomus bituberculatus
Oxystoma pomonaeOxystoma pomonae
Rhyzobius forestieriRhyzobius forestieri
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

52,413 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds14 species

spring

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Great Crested Grebe · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Red-legged Partridge +9

RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects27 species

winterspring

2026

Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 10-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Orange Ladybird +22

Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Zygina lunarisZygina lunaris
Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
Anthonomus pediculariusAnthonomus pedicularius
Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Hadrobregmus denticollisHadrobregmus denticollis
Anthonomus bituberculatusAnthonomus bituberculatus
Oxystoma pomonaeOxystoma pomonae
Rhyzobius forestieriRhyzobius forestieri
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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