Warley Playing Fields
15 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.60385, 0.30027
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pochard, Woodpigeon, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Pochard, Woodpigeon, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Nebria brevicollis, Eupeodes +31 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 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional 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
Warley Gappublic footpath · 100 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 100 mPath type: unclassified
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
28,031 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,031 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Blue Tit · Robin +28
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Nebria brevicollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Abax parallelepipedus · Snail Hunter · Violet Ground Beetle +4
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Calathus erratus
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,031 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Blue Tit · Robin +28
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Nebria brevicollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Abax parallelepipedus · Snail Hunter · Violet Ground Beetle +4
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Calathus erratus
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calathus erratus
Calathus erratus
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Events & activities nearby
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