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🧺 Picnic🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
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51.53845, -0.08761
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Day Trip — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Day Trip — 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
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Magpie +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Magpie +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Epistrophe eligans, 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +76 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Middlesex Street Estate Pedways 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
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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
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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
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
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17,027 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,027 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 25 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +20
Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · 10-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria +9
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,027 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 25 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +20
Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · 10-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria +9
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Eupeodes Eupeodes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2025
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025