Shadwell Basin Terrace 0 ha
🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › England › London › Tower Hamlets Getting here
51.50910, -0.05228
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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 🛝 Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ 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 🛝 Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Mallard +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Mallard +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 49 signed routes nearby
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Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
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Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 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
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LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
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NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
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Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
52,471 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 52,471 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 29 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Magpie · Great Tit · Moorhen +24
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Starling Sturnus vulgaris Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greylag Goose Anser anser Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Vincenzellus ruficollis · 7-spot Ladybird +3
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hayhurstia atriplicis Hayhurstia atriplicis 🌿 Plants 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Annual Buttonweed · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort
Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 52,471 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 29 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Magpie · Great Tit · Moorhen +24
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Starling Sturnus vulgaris Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greylag Goose Anser anser Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Vincenzellus ruficollis · 7-spot Ladybird +3
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hayhurstia atriplicis Hayhurstia atriplicis 🌿 Plants 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Annual Buttonweed · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort
Rue-leaved Saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites Annual Buttonweed Cotula australis Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus 