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Shenley Park

3 ha

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue Damselfly, Gatekeeper +69 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue Damselfly, Gatekeeper +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Purple-loosestrife, Cuckooflower, Red Clover +19 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Purple-loosestrife, Cuckooflower, Red Clover +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

19 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Hillingdon TrailWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Willow Tree WanderWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Dog Rose RambleWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 11)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

London LOOP (Section 13)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

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Cycling

58 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef MLocal cycle route

LCN 39Cycling route

Named routeRef 39Local cycle route

LCN 88Cycling route

Named routeRef 88Local cycle route

LCN 87Cycling route

Named routeRef 87Local cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

LCN 89Cycling route

Named routeRef 89Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

27,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Starling · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Great Tit +57

StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024

🦌

Mammals9 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
House MouseMus musculus2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
Common ToadBufo bufo2024

🐝

Insects72 species

summer

2026

Meadow Brown · Common Blue Damselfly · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Emperor Dragonfly +67

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
HornetVespa crabro2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2024
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2024
Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024

🌿

Plants25 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Purple-loosestrife · Cuckooflower · Red Clover · Broad-leaved Dock · Hazel +20

Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
HazelCorylus avellana
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,979 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Starling · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Great Tit +57

StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024

🦌

Mammals9 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
House MouseMus musculus2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
Common ToadBufo bufo2024

🐝

Insects72 species

summer

2026

Meadow Brown · Common Blue Damselfly · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Emperor Dragonfly +67

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
HornetVespa crabro2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2024
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2024
Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024

🌿

Plants25 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Purple-loosestrife · Cuckooflower · Red Clover · Broad-leaved Dock · Hazel +20

Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
HazelCorylus avellana
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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