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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › London › Westminster Getting here
51.53404, -0.15847
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ 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 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🚻 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, Grey Heron +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Moorhen, Grey Heron +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
toilets, picnic area
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Willow Emerald Damselfly +34 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Willow Emerald Damselfly +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop) Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 311 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
C6 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C6) Regional cycle route
Show on map Quietway 15 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q15
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional 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
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Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
45,800 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 45,800 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Starling · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Canada Goose +22
Coot Fulica atra Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greylag Goose Anser anser Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Redwing Turdus iliacus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Alpine Newt
Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +11
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Harlequin Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 45,800 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Starling · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Canada Goose +22
Coot Fulica atra Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Greylag Goose Anser anser Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Redwing Turdus iliacus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Alpine Newt
Alpine Newt Ichthyosaura alpestris Green Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +11
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Harlequin Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Phaonia Phaonia
Phaonia Phaonia
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025