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Slade Gardens

4 ha

WildlifePicnicFamily

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

51.47115, -0.11454

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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
☕Moonzies — 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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Moonzies — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParkingPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

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

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Batman Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +153 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Batman Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +153 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Great Tit +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Great Tit +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wandle TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tooting Common parkrunWalking route

Named routeParkrun

🚴

Cycling

419 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycleway 3Cycling route

Named routeRef C3Regional cycle route

LCN 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22Local cycle route

Route (C27)Cycling route

Named routeRef (C27)Regional cycle route

Route QCycling route

Named routeRef QRegional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Route QCycling route

Named routeRef QRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,234 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,234 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +29

MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects45 species

springautumn

2026

Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +40

Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
EupeodesEupeodes
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
SyrphusSyrphus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
White-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornuta
Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
MacrostelesMacrosteles2025
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
AnthomyiaAnthomyia2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
StictopleurusStictopleurus2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025

🌿

Plants4 species

winterautumn

2026

Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy Broomrape · Small Nettle

Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2025
Small NettleUrtica urens2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,234 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +29

MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2025

🐝

Insects45 species

springautumn

2026

Southern Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +40

Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
EupeodesEupeodes
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
SyrphusSyrphus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
White-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornuta
Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
MacrostelesMacrosteles2025
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
AnthomyiaAnthomyia2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
StictopleurusStictopleurus2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025

🌿

Plants4 species

winterautumn

2026

Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy Broomrape · Small Nettle

Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae2025
Small NettleUrtica urens2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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