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🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.53334, -0.08469
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 ☕ Sabretooth — 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 ☕ Sabretooth — 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🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Great Tit, Robin +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Great Tit, Robin +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Epistrophe eligans, Batman Hoverfly +99 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Epistrophe eligans, Batman Hoverfly +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Show on map Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 489 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
C6 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C6) Regional cycle route
Show on map Quietway 15 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q15
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Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
24,315 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,315 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +19
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Starling Sturnus vulgaris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · Eupeodes · Brown Soft-scale · Batman Hoverfly +11
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis Eupeodes Eupeodes Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,315 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +19
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Starling Sturnus vulgaris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Toad Bufo bufo Epistrophe eligans · Saprosites natalensis · Eupeodes · Brown Soft-scale · Batman Hoverfly +11
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis Eupeodes Eupeodes Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Bibio johannis Bibio johannis
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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