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51.56109, -0.00705
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 ☕ Scottalia — 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 ☕ Scottalia — 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
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Coot, Moorhen +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Coot, Moorhen +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +333 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +333 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Public Right of Way 74 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref 74 Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 208 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Lee Valley VeloPark Road Circuit Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Private
Show on map Roding Valley Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RVW
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C24 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C16 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
42,929 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 42,929 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Coot · Grey Heron · Moorhen +43
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Teal Anas crecca Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Little Owl Athene noctua Green Woodpecker Picus viridis House Martin Delichon urbicum Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
House Mouse · Wood Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
House Mouse Mus musculus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pea-leaf Weevil · Harlequin Ladybird · Holcostethus sphacelatus · 7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird +12
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Holcostethus sphacelatus Holcostethus sphacelatus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Lesser Stag Beetle White Ramping-Fumitory
White Ramping-Fumitory Fumaria capreolata subsp. capreolata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 42,929 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Coot · Grey Heron · Moorhen +43
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Coot Fulica atra Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Teal Anas crecca Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Little Owl Athene noctua Green Woodpecker Picus viridis House Martin Delichon urbicum Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
House Mouse · Wood Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
House Mouse Mus musculus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pea-leaf Weevil · Harlequin Ladybird · Holcostethus sphacelatus · 7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird +12
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Holcostethus sphacelatus Holcostethus sphacelatus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Lesser Stag Beetle White Ramping-Fumitory
White Ramping-Fumitory Fumaria capreolata subsp. capreolata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Dorytomus ictor Dorytomus ictor
Dorytomus ictor Dorytomus ictor
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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