Plan your visit
🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.55256, -0.07942
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
- 🛝Playground 118m away — 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 118m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Cycleway 1
Varies
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lea Valley WalkWalking route▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The LineWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
309 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 16 (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
Cycleway 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route
Cycleway 37Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C37Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Leyton to Blackhorse Road cycle route
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Part of a cycling link between Cycleway 2 and Cycleway 3
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
25,839 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,839 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Carrion Crow +32
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Syrphus +13
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,839 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Carrion Crow +32
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Syrphus +13
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataCis villosulusCis villosulusCis villosulusCis villosulusTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiTemnothorax nylanderiSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensisHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2025Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Events & activities nearby
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