Russell Square Gardens
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.52172, -0.12608
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Walkmisu — 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
- ☕Walkmisu — 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· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉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, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Coot +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Coot +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km40 signed routes nearby
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Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
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Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
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Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
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Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
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Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
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408 signed routes nearby
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Cycleway 3Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
39,318 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
39,318 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Coot · Robin · Black-headed Gull +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · House Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- House MouseMus musculus
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Large Willow Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Small Black Ant · Melanostoma scalare +4
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- EupeodesEupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
39,318 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Coot · Robin · Black-headed Gull +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · House Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- House MouseMus musculus
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Alpine Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Large Willow Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Small Black Ant · Melanostoma scalare +4
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- EupeodesEupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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