West Harrow Recreation Ground
17 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
51.57683, -0.35551
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Woodpigeon +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Woodpigeon +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Box Bug +6 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
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West Harrow Recreation Ground
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Wildlife to spot
36,890 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,890 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +26
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Roe Deer +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Bug · Green Shieldbug · Eupeodes +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,890 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +26
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Roe Deer +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Bug · Green Shieldbug · Eupeodes +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas