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Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.56140, -0.08465
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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 ☕ 13th Floor Coffee — 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 ☕ 13th Floor Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
playground, toilets, café
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Epistrophe eligans, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +18 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Epistrophe eligans, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 44 signed routes nearby
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The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
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Show on map Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
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Lee Valley VeloPark Road Circuit Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Private
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Show on map Cycleway 11 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C11 Regional cycle route
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Show on map Cycleway 38 Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
133,848 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 133,848 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit +43
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Gadwall Mareca strepera Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Jay Garrulus glandarius Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greylag Goose Anser anser Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Syrphus Syrphus Hawthorn Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 133,848 records · National Biodiversity Network Tufted Duck · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit +43
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Gadwall Mareca strepera Canada Goose Branta canadensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Jay Garrulus glandarius Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greylag Goose Anser anser Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Syrphus Syrphus Hawthorn Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Temnothorax nylanderi Temnothorax nylanderi
Temnothorax nylanderi Temnothorax nylanderi
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Cis villosulus Cis villosulus
Cis villosulus Cis villosulus
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
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