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Salway Gardens

📷 James Emmans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsPicnic

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPicnic spot

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Closterotomus trivialis, Syrphus +93 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Closterotomus trivialis, Syrphus +93 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route

This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

99 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Local cycle route

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Cycleway 26Cycling route

Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Cycleway 25Cycling route

Named routeRef C25Local cycle route

Cycleway 25Cycling route

Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

32,323 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

32,323 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Black Redstart · Coot +33

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

Back-Swimmer · Epistrophe eligans

Back-SwimmerNotonecta
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

32,323 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Black Redstart · Coot +33

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

Back-Swimmer · Epistrophe eligans

Back-SwimmerNotonecta
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 James Emmans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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