Ruskin Park Fruit and Veg Garden 0 ha
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🛝 Family🧺 Picnic🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › England › London › Lambeth Getting here
51.46688, -0.09246
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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Costa — 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Costa — 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🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, 7-spot Ladybird, Meadow Brown +102 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, 7-spot Ladybird, Meadow Brown +102 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 474 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (22) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
One of the London Cycle Network's "Radial routes in South East London", from Central London via Camberwell, Crystal Palace and Croydon to Purley. The section from Southwark Bridge to Elephant & Castle is now Cycle Superhighway 7.
Named route Ref 23 Point-to-point Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
35,281 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 35,281 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Starling · Woodpigeon · Robin +30
Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 18 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Eupeodes · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Syrphus ribesii +13
Eupeodes Eupeodes Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 7-spot Ladybird Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss · Clustered Feather-moss · Wall Feather-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum +19
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Dune Thread-moss Bryum dichotomum Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Wall Feather-moss Rhynchostegium murale Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 35,281 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Starling · Woodpigeon · Robin +30
Magpie Pica pica Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 18 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Eupeodes · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Syrphus ribesii +13
Eupeodes Eupeodes Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 7-spot Ladybird Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss · Clustered Feather-moss · Wall Feather-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum +19
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Dune Thread-moss Bryum dichotomum Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Wall Feather-moss Rhynchostegium murale Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Drosophila hydei Drosophila hydei2025
Drosophila hydei Drosophila hydei2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa
Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Sphaerocarpos Sphaerocarpos
Sphaerocarpos Sphaerocarpos
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica
Small Nettle Urtica urens2025
Small Nettle Urtica urens2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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