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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 12 ha
Places › England › London › Enfield Getting here
51.61902, -0.08734
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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tufted Duck, Great Tit, Blackbird +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tufted Duck, Great Tit, Blackbird +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +126 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +126 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 25 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
LOOP link to Cockfosters Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Highgate underground station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Gordon Hill station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map New River Link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref NR link Local walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Hermitage Lane public footpath · 222 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 222 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map Hermitage Lane public footpath · 87 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 87 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map 117 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C1 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 26 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C26 Regional cycle route
Show on map River Lea Navigation Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,340 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,340 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Tufted Duck · Blue Tit · Wren · House Sparrow +35
Great Tit Parus major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Scathophaga stercoraria +6
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,340 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Tufted Duck · Blue Tit · Wren · House Sparrow +35
Great Tit Parus major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Scathophaga stercoraria +6
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rose Chafer
Rose Chafer
Cetonia aurata
Cetonia aurata
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Sciaridae Sciaridae
Sciaridae Sciaridae
Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus
Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus 