Plan your visit
🛝Family🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.53939, -0.15744
Open directionsv
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
- ☕Le Tea Cosy — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Le Tea Cosy — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Moorhen, Grey Heron +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Moorhen, Grey Heron +54 more · last seen 2026
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▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Green Link Walk (Section 2)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
286 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
C6 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (C6)Regional cycle route
Quietway 15 (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Q15
Route QCycling route▾
Named routeRef QRegional cycle route
Route QCycling route▾
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Route CCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
48,645 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,645 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Starling · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Canada Goose +22
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Orange Ladybird +11
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,645 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Starling · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Canada Goose +22
- CootFulica atra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Orange Ladybird +11
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminataBishop's MitreAelia acuminataHairy-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 variegataLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025