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▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Battersea Park (Chelsea) 259m away — 20 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Battersea Park (Chelsea) 259m away — 20 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Greylag Goose, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Greylag Goose, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +39 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Thames Path
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 4
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map link to West Dulwich station Walking route ▾
signposted link from West Dulwich station to the Green Chain Walk
Named route Ref G-C link Regional walking route
Show on map 419 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
Show on map Route ■ Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea Flower Show 2015
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43,420 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 43,420 records · National Biodiversity Network Greylag Goose · Magpie · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +39
Greylag Goose Anser anser Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra Gadwall Mareca strepera Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Coal Tit Periparus ater Black Swan Cygnus atratus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans +6
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Crescent-cup Liverwort · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Silver-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 43,420 records · National Biodiversity Network Greylag Goose · Magpie · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +39
Greylag Goose Anser anser Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra Gadwall Mareca strepera Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Coal Tit Periparus ater Black Swan Cygnus atratus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans +6
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Crescent-cup Liverwort · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Silver-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae 