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Alexandra Park

2 ha

📷 Norman Caesar · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

53.48809, -3.03254

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
☕One Five Six — 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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
☕One Five Six — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Paid

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Coltsfoot, Gorse, Blackthorn +51 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Coltsfoot, Gorse, Blackthorn +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Blackthorn, Red Dead-nettle, Garlic Mustard +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Meliscaeva auricollis, Marmalade Hoverfly +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Meliscaeva auricollis, Marmalade Hoverfly +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

98 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Middle OrbitalCycling route

Named routeRef MLocal cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route32 m

Named routeRef 62Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

57,064 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

57,064 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2026

Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +24

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Field Vole · Brown Hare · Mole

Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects26 species

spring

2026

Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis tenax · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax +21

Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
CheilosiaCheilosia
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
EupeodesEupeodes2025

🌿

Plants23 species

spring

2026

Coltsfoot · Gorse · Blackthorn · Red Dead-nettle · Ribwort Plantain +18

ColtsfootTussilago farfara
GorseUlex europaeus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HollyIlex aquifolium
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Chinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosa
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

57,064 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2026

Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +24

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Field Vole · Brown Hare · Mole

Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winterspring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects26 species

spring

2026

Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis tenax · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax +21

Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
Common WaspVespula vulgaris
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
CheilosiaCheilosia
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
EupeodesEupeodes2025

🌿

Plants23 species

spring

2026

Coltsfoot · Gorse · Blackthorn · Red Dead-nettle · Ribwort Plantain +18

ColtsfootTussilago farfara
GorseUlex europaeus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HollyIlex aquifolium
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Chinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosa
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Norman Caesar · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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