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🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome222 ha
Getting here
53.44304, -2.89173
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Grade II* listed building: LAUNDRY AND LAUNDRY COTTAGE
Free
Country park — good for group day out
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
158 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
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,313 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,313 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Jay · Robin · Starling +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Western Honey Bee
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
🌿Plants69 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackthorn · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Hogweed · Hazel · Snowdrop +64
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,313 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Jay · Robin · Starling +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Western Honey Bee
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
🌿Plants69 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackthorn · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Hogweed · Hazel · Snowdrop +64
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- HazelCorylus avellana
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cherry Laurel
Cherry Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus
Prunus laurocerasus
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