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🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome47 ha
Getting here
53.28901, -2.92962
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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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ 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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Country park — designed for family visits
Dogs allowed — country park
Country park — good for group day out
Country park — managed habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
North Cheshire Way (Chester Spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Canalside TrailWalking route▾
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 563Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 563National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Traffic Free ChesterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Rivacre Road/Netherpool Road junction
Photos
Rivacre Road/Netherpool Road junction
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,373 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,373 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Pygmy Shrew · Field Vole
🐸Amphibians3 species
summerautumn
2025Common Frog · Frog · Common Toad
Eristalis pertinax · Clover Seed Weevil · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Elder Aphid · Common Darter
+57 more speciesHide species list
All 62 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Clover Seed WeevilProtapion apricans
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Hogweed · Guelder-rose · Yellow-rattle · Raspberry · Rubus tuberculatus
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,373 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Pygmy Shrew · Field Vole
🐸Amphibians3 species
summerautumn
2025Common Frog · Frog · Common Toad
Eristalis pertinax · Clover Seed Weevil · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Elder Aphid · Common Darter
+57 more speciesHide species list
All 62 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Clover Seed WeevilProtapion apricans
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Hogweed · Guelder-rose · Yellow-rattle · Raspberry · Rubus tuberculatus
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
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