Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome145 ha
Getting here
53.55447, -2.75011
Open directionsv
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
9 activities🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
playground, toilets, parking
Dogs allowed — country park
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 52 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Elmers Greenpublic footpath · 169 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 169 mPath type: residential
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Elmers Green Lanebridleway · 421 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 421 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Play Area, Beacon Country Park
Photos
Play Area, Beacon Country Park
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
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Wildlife to spot
11,251 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,251 records · NBN AtlasGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit
+5 more speciesHide species list
All 10 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mystacides longicornis · Cheilosia albitarsis · Tricyphona immaculata · Harlequin Ladybird · Empis nigripes
+134 more speciesHide species list
All 139 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Tricyphona immaculataTricyphona immaculata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Agriotes pallidulusAgriotes pallidulus
🌿Plants9 species
springsummer
2025Bracken · Aspen · Watercress · Bee Orchid · Southern Marsh-orchid
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- AspenPopulus tremula
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,251 records · NBN AtlasGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Nuthatch · Long-tailed Tit
+5 more speciesHide species list
All 10 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mystacides longicornis · Cheilosia albitarsis · Tricyphona immaculata · Harlequin Ladybird · Empis nigripes
+134 more speciesHide species list
All 139 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Tricyphona immaculataTricyphona immaculata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
- Agriotes pallidulusAgriotes pallidulus
🌿Plants9 species
springsummer
2025Bracken · Aspen · Watercress · Bee Orchid · Southern Marsh-orchid
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- AspenPopulus tremula
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas