Plan your visit
🛝Family🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.52172, -0.13254
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Dillons — 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
- ☕Dillons — 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🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
399 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Regional cycle route
LCN 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route ■Cycling route▾
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LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route (C27)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (C27)Regional cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
46,445 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
46,445 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Coot · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Robin +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Large Willow Aphid · Small Black Ant · Melanostoma scalare · Eupeodes +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
46,445 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Coot · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Robin +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Alpine Newt
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Large Willow Aphid · Small Black Ant · Melanostoma scalare · Eupeodes +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci