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51.46515, -0.10541
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ The Platform Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ The Platform Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Southern Green Shieldbug, Batman Hoverfly +108 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Southern Green Shieldbug, Batman Hoverfly +108 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Tooting Common parkrun Walking route ▾
Named route Parkrun
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Balham station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee Greenway (section 10) Walking route ▾
Alternative section of the Jubilee Greenway walking route created in 2012 to coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Named route Ref JG Regional walking route
Show on map 391 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C3 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map Route Q Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Q Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 22 link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (22) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 23 Cycling route ▾
One of the London Cycle Network's "Radial routes in South East London", from Central London via Camberwell, Crystal Palace and Croydon to Purley. The section from Southwark Bridge to Elephant & Castle is now Cycle Superhighway 7.
Named route Ref 23 Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Loughborough Estate, Loughborough Road (2)
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Wildlife to spot
22,994 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 22,994 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Blackbird +27
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 45 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Isodontia mexicana · 7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly +40
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Isodontia mexicana Isodontia mexicana2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 22,994 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Blackbird +27
Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 45 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Isodontia mexicana · 7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly +40
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Isodontia mexicana Isodontia mexicana2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Yellow Loosestrife Bee Macropis europaea2025
Yellow Loosestrife Bee Macropis europaea2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Tree Snipefly Chrysopilus laetus2025
Tree Snipefly Chrysopilus laetus2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Anthomyia Anthomyia2025
Anthomyia Anthomyia2025
Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster2025
Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster2025
Drosophila repleta Drosophila repleta2025
Drosophila repleta Drosophila repleta2025
Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium2025
Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Sitona obsoletus Sitona obsoletus2025
Sitona obsoletus Sitona obsoletus2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Neoascia Neoascia2025
Neoascia Neoascia2025
Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum2025
Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2025
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus2025
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus2025
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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