🦉Wildlife🎠Play🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.61473, -0.08298
Open directionsv
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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km27 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Cockfosters UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
New River LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef NR linkLocal walking route
Capital Ring (Section 13)Walking route▾
Alternative step-free route in Springfield Park
Named routeRegional walking route
Hermitage Lanepublic footpath · 87 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 87 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Hermitage Lanepublic footpath · 222 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 222 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
130 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
LCN 54Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 54Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route
River Lea NavigationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
16,251 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,251 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Wren · Blackbird +37
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red Fox · Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Rhyparochromus vulgaris +21
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,251 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Wren · Blackbird +37
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red Fox · Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eupeodes · Rhyparochromus vulgaris +21
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaNeomyiaNeomyiaNeomyiaNeomyiaSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSciaridaeSciaridaeSciaridaeSciaridaeBrown Tree AntLasius brunneusBrown Tree AntLasius brunneus