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51.46480, -0.09384
Open directionsv Ruskin Park is a park in the London Borough of Lambeth, London, England, close to Camberwell, Loughborough Junction and Herne Hill.
Read more on Wikipedia → Urban park Grade II listed park and garden
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 35 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 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 Jubilee Greenway (section 10) Walking route ▾
Alternative section of the Jubilee Greenway walking route created in 2012 to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Named route Ref JG Regional walking route
Show on map 449 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
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q 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
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Denmark Hill: Ruskin Park, SE5
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Wildlife to spot
23,536 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,536 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Starling · House Sparrow +26
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Southern Green Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Syrphus ribesii · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +25
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Eupeodes Eupeodes Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Redshank · Hornschuch's Beard-moss · Whitish Feather-moss · Common Cord-moss +1
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Redshank Ceratodon purpureus Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Small Nettle Urtica urens2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,536 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Starling · House Sparrow +26
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Southern Green Shieldbug · Eupeodes · Syrphus ribesii · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +25
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Eupeodes Eupeodes Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Redshank · Hornschuch's Beard-moss · Whitish Feather-moss · Common Cord-moss +1
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Redshank Ceratodon purpureus Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Small Nettle Urtica urens2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Isodontia mexicana Isodontia mexicana2025
Isodontia mexicana Isodontia mexicana2025
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
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Drosophila hydei Drosophila hydei2025
Drosophila hydei Drosophila hydei2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Tree Snipefly Chrysopilus laetus2025
Tree Snipefly Chrysopilus laetus2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Anthomyia Anthomyia2025
Anthomyia Anthomyia2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster2025
Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster2025
Drosophila repleta Drosophila repleta2025
Drosophila repleta Drosophila repleta2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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