Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.79784, 0.64067
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Toast — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Toast — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Common Carder Bee +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Ray WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lockram Lanepublic footpath · 123 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 123 mPath type: footway
Lockram Lanepublic footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mPath type: service
Blackwater Lanepublic footpath · 188 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 188 mSurface concretePath type: service
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,625 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,625 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Hedgehog · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Hornet · Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · Common Blue +17
- HornetVespa crabro
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,625 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Hedgehog · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Hornet · Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · Common Blue +17
- HornetVespa crabro
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
