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🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.53755, -0.15589
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- £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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Moorhen, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Moorhen, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
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Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Green Link Walk (Section 2)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
300 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
50,611 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
50,611 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Grey Heron · Starling · Moorhen · Canada Goose +22
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · Orange Ladybird +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Bishop's Mitre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,611 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Grey Heron · Starling · Moorhen · Canada Goose +22
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · Orange Ladybird +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Bishop's Mitre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aelia acuminata
Aelia acuminata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataEvents & activities nearby
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