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🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.53752, -0.38417
Open directionsv
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 206m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 206m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Hayes & Harlington stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN+ link 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN+ link 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 40Local cycle route
LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
Cycleway 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C40Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
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The Rectory Park playing fields.
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
11,235 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
11,235 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Carder Bee · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Helleborus viridis subsp. occidentalis · Hedge Bindweed · Cow Parsley · Giant Hogweed · Hairy Bitter-cress +2
- Helleborus viridis subsp. occidentalisHelleborus viridis subsp. occidentalis
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- PearPyrus communis
- Musk Stork's-bill
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,235 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Carder Bee · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Helleborus viridis subsp. occidentalis · Hedge Bindweed · Cow Parsley · Giant Hogweed · Hairy Bitter-cress +2
- Helleborus viridis subsp. occidentalisHelleborus viridis subsp. occidentalis
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- PearPyrus communis
- Musk Stork's-bill
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis2025
Harmonia axyridis2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Erodium moschatum
Erodium moschatum