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🧺Picnic🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome42 ha
Getting here
53.32871, -2.95916
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
Dogs allowed — country park
Country park — managed habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Canalside TrailWalking route▾
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Traffic Free ChesterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
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Eastham Woods Country Park, Bear Pit
Photos
Eastham Woods Country Park, Bear Pit
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,856 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,856 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds45 species
springwinter
2026Nuthatch · Mallard · Blackbird · Robin · Wren
+40 more speciesHide species list
All 45 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025Common Frog
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Greater Bulb-Fly · Southern Green Shieldbug
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025Raspberry · Guelder-rose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,856 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds45 species
springwinter
2026Nuthatch · Mallard · Blackbird · Robin · Wren
+40 more speciesHide species list
All 45 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025Common Frog
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Greater Bulb-Fly · Southern Green Shieldbug
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025Raspberry · Guelder-rose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2025Broadbar Clover SawflyTenthredo notha2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Ctenophora pectinicornisCtenophora pectinicornis2025Ctenophora pectinicornisCtenophora pectinicornis2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025