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Places › England › South East › Runnymede Getting here
51.40758, -0.52923
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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Mallard, Coot, Mute Swan +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Coot, Mute Swan +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Stag Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Stag Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Locks and Levels (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map Memorial Route, Runnymede Walking route 3.7 km ▾
This route takes you to all the memorials and artworks at Runnymede, and through the woods to the Commonwealth Airforce Memorial with its lovely views. This route includes some steps and slopes that can be slippery/muddy.
Named route Length 3.7 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map Monks Walk public footpath · 467 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 467 m Path type: footway
Show on map Monks Walk public footpath · 28 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 28 m Path type: footway
Show on map Monks Walk public footpath · 113 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 113 m Path type: footway
Show on map 114 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Windsor Great Park permitted cycle route (daylight hours only) Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
21,951 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,951 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Heron · Mute Swan · Coot · Mallard · Greylag Goose +46
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Magpie Pica pica Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 15 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy Shieldbug · Dryomyza anilis · Common Darter · Southern Green Shieldbug +10
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,951 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Grey Heron · Mute Swan · Coot · Mallard · Greylag Goose +46
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Magpie Pica pica Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 15 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy Shieldbug · Dryomyza anilis · Common Darter · Southern Green Shieldbug +10
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Helophilus Helophilus
Helophilus Helophilus 