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The Green

14 ha

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

51.60635, 0.02043

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Sir James Hawkey Hall Car Park 103m away — 12 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Sir James Hawkey Hall Car Park 103m away — 12 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus, Closterotomus trivialis +96 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus, Closterotomus trivialis +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

103 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Local cycle route

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Cycleway 26Cycling route

Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Cycleway 25Cycling route

Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route

River Lea NavigationCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

52,375 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

52,375 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds31 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Blue Tit · Black Redstart +26

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects3 species

winterspring

2026

Back-Swimmer · Epistrophe eligans · Water Scorpion

Back-SwimmerNotonecta
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

52,375 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds31 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Blue Tit · Black Redstart +26

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects3 species

winterspring

2026

Back-Swimmer · Epistrophe eligans · Water Scorpion

Back-SwimmerNotonecta
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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