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St Mary's Church

📷 John Salmon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
☕Dada — 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
☕Dada — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Closterotomus trivialis, Syrphus +85 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Closterotomus trivialis, Syrphus +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Moderate match

Named cycling route nearby: LCN 11

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

113 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Local cycle route

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal 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

Cycleway 25Cycling route

Named routeRef C25Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

29,425 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,425 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Black Redstart · Great Tit +36

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

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Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects3 species

winterspring

2026

Back-Swimmer · Platycheirus · Epistrophe eligans

Back-SwimmerNotonecta
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,425 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Black Redstart · Great Tit +36

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects3 species

winterspring

2026

Back-Swimmer · Platycheirus · Epistrophe eligans

Back-SwimmerNotonecta
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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