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Waring Park

8 ha

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 108m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 108m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Trichocera annulata, Notiophilus rufipes, Epistrophe eligans +5 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Trichocera annulata, Notiophilus rufipes, Epistrophe eligans +5 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Signposts link from Falconwood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Mottingham stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Green Chain Walk section 3Walking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

47 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 26Cycling route

Classed as a 'radial route in South East London' in the original LCN+ scheme, connecting Eltham – Crystal Palace – Streatham – (Wandsworth) – Hammersmith – (Willesden). In reality LCN26 is a (non-continuous) 'orbital' route through SE, S and W London.

Named routeRef 26Local cycle route

LCN 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69Local cycle route

LCN 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67Local cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 2aCycling route

Named routeRef 2aLocal cycle route

LCN 22 (detour)Cycling route

Named routeRef (22)Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

189,171 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

189,171 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winter

2026

Carrion Crow · Robin · Herring Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon +35

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
NuthatchSitta europaea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Badger · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Epistrophe eligans

Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

189,171 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winter

2026

Carrion Crow · Robin · Herring Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon +35

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
NuthatchSitta europaea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Badger · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Epistrophe eligans

Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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