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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Richmond upon Thames Getting here
51.44693, -0.32509
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 ☕ Cheeky Chops Play 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Cheeky Chops Play 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 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Canada Goose +40 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Canada Goose +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +89 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 10-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +89 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 27 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Brent River Park footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Fulwell station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Embankment public footpath · 60 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 60 m Surface paved Path type: footway
Show on map 129 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 (spur) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (33) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 34 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (34) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 44 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
44,920 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 44,920 records · National Biodiversity Network Canada Goose · Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie · Mallard +15
Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Blackbird Turdus merula Redwing Turdus iliacus Coot Fulica atra Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Owl Athene noctua Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 30 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 10-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +25
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 44,920 records · National Biodiversity Network Canada Goose · Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie · Mallard +15
Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Blackbird Turdus merula Redwing Turdus iliacus Coot Fulica atra Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Owl Athene noctua Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 30 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 10-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +25
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Zygina lunaris Zygina lunaris
Zygina lunaris Zygina lunaris
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hadrobregmus denticollis Hadrobregmus denticollis
Hadrobregmus denticollis Hadrobregmus denticollis
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae
Rhyzobius forestieri Rhyzobius forestieri
Rhyzobius forestieri Rhyzobius forestieri
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 