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🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
53.38095, -2.89729
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Beech, Evergreen Oak +21 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blue Tit +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blue Tit +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
173 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Radial Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Radial Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Anfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 81Regional cycle route
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Pop-up Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Pop-up 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
64,569 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
64,569 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mallard · Canada Goose · Magpie · Rock Dove +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Daisy · Holly · Red Dead-nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Common Nettle +48
- DaisyBellis perennis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,569 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mallard · Canada Goose · Magpie · Rock Dove +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Daisy · Holly · Red Dead-nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Common Nettle +48
- DaisyBellis perennis
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas