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🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.54824, -0.05300
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ 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
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Coot, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Coot, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Batman Hoverfly +184 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter, Batman Hoverfly +184 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 365 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
Show on map Cycleway 1 Cycling route ▾
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 Stacked gravestones, St John's Gardens
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41,746 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 41,746 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose +25
Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blackbird Turdus merula Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Little Owl Athene noctua Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 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 +15
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 41,746 records · National Biodiversity Network Coot · Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose · Canada Goose +25
Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blackbird Turdus merula Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Little Owl Athene noctua Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 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 +15
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthophora plumipes
Anthophora plumipes
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
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
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