Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome146 ha
Getting here
51.47685, -0.31402
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Clocktower — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Clocktower — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Jackdaw, Moorhen, Canada Goose +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Moorhen, Canada Goose +34 more · last seen 2026; Mudflats priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: GATE LODGE TO SYON HOUSE
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Minotaur Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus ribesii +16 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km30 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames Path - northern Bankpublic footpath · 231 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 231 mPath type: path
Thames Path - northern Bankpublic footpath · 6 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 6 mIncline upPath type: steps
Thames Path - northern Bankpublic footpath · 54 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 54 mPath type: path
111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route
LCN 34 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (34)Local cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
34,955 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,955 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Moorhen · Canada Goose · Robin · Black-headed Gull +32
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +14
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Saissetia coffeaeSaissetia coffeae
Wood Bristle-moss · Small Nettle · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Marble Screw-moss +4
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Small NettleUrtica urens
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Lateral Cryphaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,955 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Moorhen · Canada Goose · Robin · Black-headed Gull +32
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +14
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Saissetia coffeaeSaissetia coffeae
Wood Bristle-moss · Small Nettle · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Marble Screw-moss +4
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Small NettleUrtica urens
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Lateral Cryphaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cryphaea heteromalla
Cryphaea heteromalla
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaEvents & activities nearby
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