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Marshlands Tree Garden

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.29749, -2.72812

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Cottage Tea Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Cottage Tea Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Best for

11 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

Free

playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +97 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Playgrounds

Very strong match

Free

playground, toilets, café, parking

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +97 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Picnic day out

Strong match

Free

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Ash Bark Beetle, Migrant Hawker, Common Darter +18 more · last seen 2026

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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11 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Norley Wildflower Memorial WalkWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

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

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

Weaver WayWalking route▾

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

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106 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Runcorn LoopCycling route▾

Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Bridgewater WayCycling route▾

Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route

Murdishaw pop-up cycle routeCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Horse riding

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8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Marsh Lanerestricted byway · 134 m▾

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 134 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Hare's Lanerestricted byway · 103 m▾

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 103 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

Cricket Field Lanerestricted byway · 124 m▾

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 124 mPath type: service

Kydds Wintrestricted byway · 68 m▾

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 68 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

69,237 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

69,237 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds100 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Mallard · Blackbird

+95 more species

All 100 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025

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Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Water Vole

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Insects21 species

summerautumn

2026

Ash Bark Beetle · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Sylvicola · Stenophylax permistus

+16 more species

All 21 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Ash Bark BeetleHylesinus varius
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
SylvicolaSylvicola
Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

69,237 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds100 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Mallard · Blackbird

+95 more species

All 100 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025

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Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Water Vole

🐝

Insects21 species

summerautumn

2026

Ash Bark Beetle · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Sylvicola · Stenophylax permistus

+16 more species

All 21 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Ash Bark BeetleHylesinus varius
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
SylvicolaSylvicola
Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

M56 near Frodsham

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Photos

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

M56 near Frodsham

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Facilities

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Café

The Cottage Tea Shop · 209m

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Parking

Moor Lane Car Park · Paid · 183m

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Playground

242m away

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Toilets

202m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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