Brotherton Park
✦ Ancient woodland20 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
53.33739, -2.98798
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🧺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 — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🧺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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
City Centre - OtterspoolCycling route▾
Named routeRef OtterspoolLocal cycle route
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Footbridge over the River Dibbin in Brotherton Park
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Wildlife to spot
11,746 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,746 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects27 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug +22
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Groundsel · Shepherd's-purse · Annual Meadow-grass · Herb-Robert · Common Ragwort +7
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,746 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects27 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug +22
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Groundsel · Shepherd's-purse · Annual Meadow-grass · Herb-Robert · Common Ragwort +7
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas