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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.48807, -3.03249
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Magpie
- 🐕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
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Magpie
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Meliscaeva auricollis, Marmalade Hoverfly +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Coltsfoot, Gorse, Blackthorn +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 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
101 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
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Wildlife to spot
57,048 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,048 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +23
- 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
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- 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
Field Vole · Brown Hare · Mole
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
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 torvus
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
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,048 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +23
- 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
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- 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
Field Vole · Brown Hare · Mole
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
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 torvus
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
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus
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