Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
53.66211, -2.95885
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Botanic Gardens Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Botanic Gardens Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Black-headed Gull +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Black-headed Gull +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus, Helophilus pendulus +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
ShrimpCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route63 m▾
Named routeLength 63 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Bandstand, Botanic Gardens
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
30,350 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,350 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Mallard · Mute Swan +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mole · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Red Campion · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Herb-Robert +19
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Taxus baccata f. baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,350 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Mallard · Mute Swan +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mole · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Red Campion · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Herb-Robert +19
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Taxus baccata f. baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Taxus baccata f. baccata
Taxus baccata f. baccata
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrumRose CampionSilene coronariaRose CampionSilene coronariaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineFennelFoeniculum vulgareFennelFoeniculum vulgarePrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumSmall NettleUrtica urens2025Small NettleUrtica urens2025