← Back⛪ Religious grounds

St Paul's Church

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

BirdsPlayFamily

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.40923, -3.02025

Open directionsv

Google Maps↗Driving directions Apple Maps↗Driving directions Waze↗Live driving navigation Google Transit↗Bus, rail or tram Apple Transit↗Bus, rail or tram

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

▾

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Coot
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Coot
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Best for

11 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Canada Goose, Coot, Shoveler +73 more · last seen 2026

Playgrounds

Strong match

Free

playground, café, parking

Family friendly

Strong match

Free

playground, café

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Canada Goose, Coot, Shoveler +73 more · last seen 2026

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Field Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird +72 more · last seen 2025

Hiking

Strong match

Free

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border; Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

▾

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route▾

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

▾

165 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 56Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Route 56Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Waterloo to BootleCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 810Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network

Radial Route 3Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Radial Route 6Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,434 records from NBN Atlas

▾

Wildlife to spot

10,434 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds76 species

winterspring

2026

Canada Goose · Coot · Shoveler · Herring Gull · Rock Dove

+71 more species

All 76 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2026

Common Porpoise · Common Dolphin · Grey Seal · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Harbour Seal

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

🐝

Insects75 species

summerautumn

2025

Green Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee · Harlequin Ladybird

+70 more species

All 75 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cuckoo-Spit Insect

🌿

Plants10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Purple Toadflax · Fool's Parsley · Russian-vine · Common Poppy · Pineappleweed

+5 more species

All 10 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,434 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds76 species

winterspring

2026

Canada Goose · Coot · Shoveler · Herring Gull · Rock Dove

+71 more species

All 76 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2026

Common Porpoise · Common Dolphin · Grey Seal · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle

+2 more species

All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Harbour Seal

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

🐝

Insects75 species

summerautumn

2025

Green Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee · Harlequin Ladybird

+70 more species

All 75 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cuckoo-Spit Insect

🌿

Plants10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Purple Toadflax · Fool's Parsley · Russian-vine · Common Poppy · Pineappleweed

+5 more species

All 10 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

▾

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Seacombe: St. Paul's Church from the Ferry Terminal car park

1 / 15

Photos

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Seacombe: St. Paul's Church from the Ferry Terminal car park

1 / 15

Events & activities nearby

Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.

Bookable tours

Facilities

☕

Café

1 nearby · 289m

🅿️

Parking

8 nearby · 122m

🛝

Playground

181m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Weather for this location

Next 14 days

Loading local forecast…

Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Birkenhead ParkUrban park2.2 km→🌱Central ParkUrban park1.4 km→🌱Everton ParkUrban park3.5 km→🌱The Woodlands Community ParkUrban park2.4 km→🌱The Woodlands Community ParkUrban park2.4 km→🌱Vale ParkUrban park2.9 km→