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St Edmund's Church

📷 Jim Osley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🛝Playground 198m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 198m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

9 activities

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 — Robin, Magpie, Swift +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Swift +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Closterotomus trivialis, Syrphus +76 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Closterotomus trivialis, Syrphus +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

New River LinkWalking route

Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Beech TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Capital Ring (Section 13)Walking route

Alternative step-free route in Springfield Park

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

131 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Cycleway 1Cycling route

Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route

Cycleway 26Cycling route

Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Cycleway 25Cycling route

Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route

River Lea NavigationCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

20,553 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,553 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Coot · Moorhen · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +36

CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Swan GooseAnser cygnoides2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025

🐝

Insects28 species

spring

2026

Closterotomus trivialis · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Southern Green Shieldbug +23

Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Didea fasciataDidea fasciata2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
MelanogasterMelanogaster2025
Minettia longipennisMinettia longipennis2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Common Sun BeetleAmara aenea2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,553 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Coot · Moorhen · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +36

CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Swan GooseAnser cygnoides2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025

🐝

Insects28 species

spring

2026

Closterotomus trivialis · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Southern Green Shieldbug +23

Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Didea fasciataDidea fasciata2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
MelanogasterMelanogaster2025
Minettia longipennisMinettia longipennis2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Common Sun BeetleAmara aenea2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jim Osley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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