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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
51.55716, 0.13644
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route
London LOOP (Section 23)Walking route▾
"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 24)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
115 signed routes nearby
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Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
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1 signed route nearby
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Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike CourseMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
4,388 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,388 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · House Sparrow · Robin · Starling +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Polistichus connexus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarata +7
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Polistichus connexusPolistichus connexus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
- Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,388 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · House Sparrow · Robin · Starling +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Polistichus connexus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarata +7
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Polistichus connexusPolistichus connexus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
- Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria2024
Volucella zonaria2024
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Cryptocephalus rufipesCryptocephalus rufipes2024Cryptocephalus rufipesCryptocephalus rufipes2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus2024Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus2024Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2023Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2023Events & activities nearby
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