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🛝Family🐶Dogs✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.56266, -0.15116
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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
- ☕TRADE Highgate — 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
- ☕TRADE Highgate — 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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 11)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
135 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Regent's CanalCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Grand Union Canal towpathCycling route▾
'Recommended cycle route'
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 5 linkCycling route▾
Marylebone Station link
Named routeRef (5)Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
52,871 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
52,871 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon +39
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird +16
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Syrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
52,871 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon +39
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Green Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird +16
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Syrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisBishop's MitreAelia acuminataBishop's MitreAelia acuminataHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegata