Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.59633, -0.11643
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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 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· Paid🛝Playground
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: New River Path
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Named cycling route nearby: LCN 7
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named routeLocal walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
98 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Enfield Chase to Arnos Park GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Cycleway 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Regional cycle route
Cycleway 21Cycling route▾
Finished Cycleway route will run from Meridian Water to Enfield Town
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
Enfield local cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
38,247 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
38,247 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Nuthatch +23
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Scathophaga stercoraria +23
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,247 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Nuthatch +23
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Scathophaga stercoraria +23
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes
Eupeodes
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