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🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.54878, -0.05320
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 ☕ We Are Vegan Everything — 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 ☕ We Are Vegan Everything — 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· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Coot, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Coot, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Batman Hoverfly +154 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Batman Hoverfly +154 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 57 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 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 Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 358 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 16 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C25 Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref C1 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 26 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C26 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 37 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C37 Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Play area, St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens
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Wildlife to spot
57,755 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 57,755 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose +28
Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Little Owl Athene noctua Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Field Vole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Field Vole Microtus agrestis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis arbustorum · Syrphus +14
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax White Ramping-Fumitory
White Ramping-Fumitory Fumaria capreolata subsp. capreolata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 57,755 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose +28
Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Little Owl Athene noctua Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Field Vole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Field Vole Microtus agrestis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis arbustorum · Syrphus +14
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax White Ramping-Fumitory
White Ramping-Fumitory Fumaria capreolata subsp. capreolata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Eristalis Eristalis
Eristalis Eristalis
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys 