🧺 Picnic🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family
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Places › England › London › Tower Hamlets Getting here
51.51362, -0.03937
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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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Frank's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Frank's 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 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Black-headed Gull, Mallard +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Black-headed Gull, Mallard +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Green Link Walk (Section 2) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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 631 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 Local cycle route
Show on map 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 Photos York Square Gardens, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, E14
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Wildlife to spot
65,123 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 65,123 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Mute Swan +29
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Meliscaeva auricollis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Eupeodes +11
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eupeodes Eupeodes Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 65,123 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Mallard · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Mute Swan +29
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldcrest Regulus regulus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Meliscaeva auricollis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Harlequin Ladybird · Eupeodes +11
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eupeodes Eupeodes Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Crescent-cup Liverwort · Silver-moss · Anomalous Bristle-moss
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Silver-moss Bryum argenteum Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes
Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis
Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 