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Places › England › London › Greenwich Getting here
51.47263, 0.04945
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 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 119m 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 119m 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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Field Grasshopper, Large White +83 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Field Grasshopper, Large White +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref G-C Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Line Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map 398 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Leaway (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cross Peninsula Route
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
Labelled as a 'National Cycle Network link' on https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 64 (detour) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (64) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Early morning on Woolwich Common
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Wildlife to spot
10,331 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,331 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · House Sparrow +38
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Southern Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +18
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,331 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · House Sparrow +38
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Southern Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cabbage Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +18
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Common Cord-moss
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meconema meridionale
Meconema meridionale
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator 