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51.49460, -0.12017
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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 ☕ Riverside Cafe — 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Riverside Cafe — 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
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Greylag Goose, Pochard, Black-headed Gull +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Greylag Goose, Pochard, Black-headed Gull +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Thames Path
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Jubilee Greenway (section 10) Walking route ▾
Alternative section of the Jubilee Greenway walking route created in 2012 to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Named route Ref JG Regional walking route
Show on map link to Nunhead station Walking route ▾
signposted link from Nunhead station to the Green Chain Walk
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map 485 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
Show on map Route ■ Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref ■ Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Dry fountain, St Mary's Gardens, Lambeth
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Wildlife to spot
48,600 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 48,600 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Greylag Goose · Pochard · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Mute Swan +47
Greylag Goose Anser anser Pochard Aythya ferina Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Shoveler Spatula clypeata Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black Swan Cygnus atratus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Nene Branta sandvicensis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Ross's Goose Anser rossii2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Meliscaeva auricollis · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Trioza centranthi · Birch Catkin Bug · Sylvicola fenestralis +2
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Sylvicola fenestralis Sylvicola fenestralis2025 Eupeodes Eupeodes2025 Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Crescent-cup Liverwort · White-tipped Bristle-moss
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 48,600 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Greylag Goose · Pochard · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Mute Swan +47
Greylag Goose Anser anser Pochard Aythya ferina Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Shoveler Spatula clypeata Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black Swan Cygnus atratus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Nene Branta sandvicensis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Ross's Goose Anser rossii2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Meliscaeva auricollis · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Trioza centranthi · Birch Catkin Bug · Sylvicola fenestralis +2
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Sylvicola fenestralis Sylvicola fenestralis2025 Eupeodes Eupeodes2025 Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Crescent-cup Liverwort · White-tipped Bristle-moss
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Stag Beetle
Lesser Stag Beetle
Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
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