Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha
Getting here
53.35675, -2.91017
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 441m away, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 441m away, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Early Bumblebee +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Common Nettle, Common Reed +164 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
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
125 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
City Centre - OtterspoolCycling route▾
Named routeRef OtterspoolLocal cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Liverpool Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Cressington Heath Housing Estate
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,508 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,508 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Robin +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Ivy · Butterfly-bush · Firethorn · Wood Avens · Smooth Sow-thistle +21
- IvyHedera helix
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,508 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Robin +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Ivy · Butterfly-bush · Firethorn · Wood Avens · Smooth Sow-thistle +21
- IvyHedera helix
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- FirethornPyracantha coccinea
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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