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Wanstead Flats

✦ Ancient woodland15 ha

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha

Getting here

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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
🅿️Jubilee Pond Car Park 11m away — 20 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
🅿️Jubilee Pond Car Park 11m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Firebug, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Harlequin Ladybird +19 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Firebug, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Harlequin Ladybird +19 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

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

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

The LineWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

187 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route

Named routeRound tripPrivate

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVW

Cycleway 24Cycling route

Named routeRef C24Regional cycle route

Cycleway 16Cycling route

Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

LCN 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

69,620 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

69,620 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard +49

MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common GullLarus canus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects7 species

winterspring

2026

Firebug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +2

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
SyrphusSyrphus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

69,620 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard +49

MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Common GullLarus canus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects7 species

winterspring

2026

Firebug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +2

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
SyrphusSyrphus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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