Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome33 ha
Getting here
53.40402, -2.87602
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +42 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +42 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Hawthorn, Common Nettle +138 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
164 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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
66,866 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
66,866 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Shoveler · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit +21
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Early Bumblebee · Sitona obsoletus · Harlequin Ladybird
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cleavers · Common Nettle · Ivy · Wood Avens · Cow Parsley +54
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
66,866 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Shoveler · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit +21
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Early Bumblebee · Sitona obsoletus · Harlequin Ladybird
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cleavers · Common Nettle · Ivy · Wood Avens · Cow Parsley +54
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
