St Thomas's Square Garden
🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Hackney Getting here
51.54208, -0.05445
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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 ☕ HOME — 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 ☕ HOME — 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🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Coot, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Coot, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Polydrusus formosus +130 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Polydrusus formosus +130 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 57 signed routes nearby
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Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
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Wildlife to spot
32,958 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 32,958 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Coot +19
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greylag Goose Anser anser Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Starling Sturnus vulgaris Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Saprosites natalensis · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis tenax · Eristalis arbustorum · Syrphus +19
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 32,958 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Coot +19
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greylag Goose Anser anser Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Starling Sturnus vulgaris Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Saprosites natalensis · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis tenax · Eristalis arbustorum · Syrphus +19
Saprosites natalensis Saprosites natalensis Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum Syrphus Syrphus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Brown Soft-scale Coccus hesperidum
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Eristalis Eristalis
Eristalis Eristalis
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 