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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Islington Getting here
51.52193, -0.09935
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 ☕ Café on site — 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 ☕ Café on site — 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· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Eupeodes, Common Carder Bee +79 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Eupeodes, Common Carder Bee +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Starling, Robin +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Starling, Robin +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Middlesex Street Estate Pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Peter's Hill pedway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishopsgate pedways Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Clapton Station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 509 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route (C27) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (C27) Regional cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos View of the Charterhouse from the gardens #2
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Wildlife to spot
28,146 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,146 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Starling · Rock Dove · Mallard · Robin +19
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Scathophaga stercoraria · Bibio johannis +4
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Bibio johannis Bibio johannis Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Welsh Chafer White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,146 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Starling · Rock Dove · Mallard · Robin +19
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Scathophaga stercoraria · Bibio johannis +4
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Bibio johannis Bibio johannis Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Welsh Chafer White-tipped Bristle-moss
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hoplia philanthus
Hoplia philanthus
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 