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Preston Park

11 ha

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

51.57064, -0.30267

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route

Brent River Park footpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

52 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN+ link 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN+ link 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 40Cycling route

Named routeRef 40Local cycle route

LCN 49Cycling route

Pinner - Harrow - Kingsbury - Brent Cross

Named routeRef 49Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

67,775 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

67,775 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · House Sparrow · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +24

Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

67,775 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · House Sparrow · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +24

Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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