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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.66004, -2.64576
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe Ambio — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe Ambio — 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
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Furrow Bee, Dark Blood Bee, Eristalis tenax +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Adlington Circular WalkWalking route▾
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route31 m▾
Named routeLength 31 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route126 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 126 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Healey Nab Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,975 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,975 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Larus argentatus argenteus · Woodpigeon +42
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2025
- Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2025
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2025
- Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Clarke's Mining Bee · Harlequin Ladybird
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Butterfly-bush · Coltsfoot · Narcissus agg. · Daisy · Lesser Celandine +2
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,975 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Larus argentatus argenteus · Woodpigeon +42
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2025
- Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2025
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2025
- Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Clarke's Mining Bee · Harlequin Ladybird
- Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Butterfly-bush · Coltsfoot · Narcissus agg. · Daisy · Lesser Celandine +2
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Shaggy Soldier
Shaggy Soldier
Galinsoga quadriradiata2025
Galinsoga quadriradiata2025
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