Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome265 ha
Getting here
51.56770, 0.04222
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- 🧺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
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- 🧺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
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Black-headed Gull +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Black-headed Gull +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Firebug, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Field Grasshopper +21 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 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 Hackney Wick stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to West Ham stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
148 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lee Valley VeloPark Road CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripPrivate
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVW
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C24Regional cycle route
Cycleway 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
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Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
82,367 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
82,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Chaffinch · Magpie · Canada Goose · Common Gull · Black-headed Gull +47
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +3
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
82,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Chaffinch · Magpie · Canada Goose · Common Gull · Black-headed Gull +47
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Lesser Stag Beetle · Meliscaeva auricollis +3
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus
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