Harry Richards Memorial Garden
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Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.96966, -2.68875
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦19+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Luke's Cafe Wine Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦19+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Luke's Cafe Wine Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Pine Ladybird +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - Wem to WhitchurchWalking route25 km▾
Named routeRef ShW12aLength 25 kmRegional walking route
Maelor WayWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmRegional walking route
South Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 51kmRegional walking route
Sandstone TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Hamlets and HedgerowsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route in Shropshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route370 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 370 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Roadworks on Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,938 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,938 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Magpie · Starling +14
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Weasel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🐸Amphibians4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- FrogRana2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · 7-spot Ladybird +26
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Common Earwig
Ivy · daffodils · Red Fescue · Hairy Bitter-cress · Garden Pansy +9
- IvyHedera helix
- daffodilsNarcissus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Garden PansyViola altaica x lutea x tricolor = V. x wittrockiana
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,938 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Magpie · Starling +14
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Weasel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🐸Amphibians4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- FrogRana2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · 7-spot Ladybird +26
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Common Earwig
Ivy · daffodils · Red Fescue · Hairy Bitter-cress · Garden Pansy +9
- IvyHedera helix
- daffodilsNarcissus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Garden PansyViola altaica x lutea x tricolor = V. x wittrockiana
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2024Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2024Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2024Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2024Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2024BumblebeeBombus2024BumblebeeBombus2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Scymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis2024Scymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis2024Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatusIvy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2024Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2024Scymnus auritusScymnus auritus2024Scymnus auritusScymnus auritus2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024HoverflySyrphidae2024HoverflySyrphidae2024HazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisEvents & activities nearby
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