Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome32 ha
Getting here
51.44559, -0.42840
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 196m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 196m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Eupeodes, Hornet Hoverfly +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Hatton Cross UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
London LOOP (Section 9)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 10)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 34 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (34)Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 44Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
55,493 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
55,493 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects14 species
springautumn
2026▾
Paranchus albipes · Saprosites natalensis · Epistrophe eligans · Rose Chafer · Saucer Bug +9
- Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
- Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
55,493 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects14 species
springautumn
2026▾
Paranchus albipes · Saprosites natalensis · Epistrophe eligans · Rose Chafer · Saucer Bug +9
- Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
- Saprosites natalensisSaprosites natalensis
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large Willow Aphid
Large Willow Aphid
Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Stenolophus mixtusStenolophus mixtus2025Stenolophus mixtusStenolophus mixtus2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2025Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2025Rhizophagus perforatusRhizophagus perforatus2025Rhizophagus perforatusRhizophagus perforatus2025Eledona agricolaEledona agricola2025Eledona agricolaEledona agricola20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Events & activities nearby
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