Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.57048, -0.05890
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Springfield Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Springfield Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Epistrophe eligans, Syrphus +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The LineWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
237 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripPrivate
Route QCycling route▾
Named routeRef QRegional cycle route
LCN 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Cycleway 38Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C38Regional cycle route
Cycleway 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C24Regional cycle route
Cycleway 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route
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Springfield Park in the Lea Valley
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Wildlife to spot
65,717 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
65,717 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Little Grebe · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Field Vole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects52 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Water-Boatman · 22-spot Ladybird +47
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
65,717 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Little Grebe · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Field Vole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects52 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Water-Boatman · 22-spot Ladybird +47
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas