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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
51.60673, -0.26016
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 140m away — 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝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, Carrion Crow, Starling +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Starling +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Box Tree Moth, Small White, Gatekeeper +57 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Box Tree Moth, Small White, Gatekeeper +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dollis Valley Greenwalk linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef DVGlinkLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Watling Chase Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 16 unsigned alternative)Walking route▾
Alternative route avoiding the opening road walking
Named routeRegional walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Proyer's PathCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
LCN+ link 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN+ link 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
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5,337 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,337 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Jackdaw +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Large Red Damselfly · Closterotomus trivialis · Marmalade Hoverfly · Orange Ladybird +26
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,337 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Jackdaw +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Large Red Damselfly · Closterotomus trivialis · Marmalade Hoverfly · Orange Ladybird +26
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisHawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysoscelesHawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysoscelesBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaOrange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoaOrange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaGrey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitidaGrey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitidaWhite-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornutaWhite-faced Mason BeeOsmia (Osmia) cornutaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Small Black AntLasius niger2024Small Black AntLasius niger2024Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2024Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2024Eriosoma lanuginosumEriosoma lanuginosum2024Eriosoma lanuginosumEriosoma lanuginosum2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2023Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023