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🌱 Urban park

Spike Island

10 ha

Getting here

53.35236, -2.73281

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: Pier to Pier cycle route

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4

4 named nearby

Named route
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Cycling

116

116 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Cheshire Circuit · Walking0
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington) · Walking0
Mersey Way · Walking0
Runcorn Loop · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

Spike Island is a urban park covering 10 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

Café

1 nearby · 65m

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Parking

2 nearby · Free · 93m

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Picnic spot

2 · 20m away

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Playground

4 · 48m away

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Toilets

73m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

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