Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.60762, -0.55873
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Bread House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Bread House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Mallard, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Coot, Mallard, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 12)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Coy Carp to Brentford section
Named routeRegional walking route
Chiltern Hillpublic footpath · 339 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 339 mPath type: residential
Chiltern Hillpublic footpath · 117 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 117 mPath type: residential
Chiltern Hillpublic footpath · 41 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 41 mPath type: residential
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Long Lane to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Beeches CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Beacon Way to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Uxbridge Road service road to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Photos
Chalfont St Peter: St Peter's Garden
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
9,229 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,229 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Coot · Robin · Gadwall · Wren · Little Grebe +32
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Rose Leaf-roller Sawfly · Glow-worm · Batman Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria scripta +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,229 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Coot · Robin · Gadwall · Wren · Little Grebe +32
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Rose Leaf-roller Sawfly · Glow-worm · Batman Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria scripta +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025OedemeraOedemera2025OedemeraOedemera2025Events & activities nearby
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