Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.47218, -3.00371
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Coltsfoot, Gorse, Blackthorn +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 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
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
158 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Waterloo to BootleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Inner OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef ILocal cycle route
Middle OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
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Recreation Ground, Hatton Hill Road
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Wildlife to spot
93,877 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
93,877 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +33
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
Field Vole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Early Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Syrphus torvus · Tawny Mining Bee +5
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Coltsfoot · Gorse · Blackthorn · Ribwort Plantain · Cleavers +27
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
93,877 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +33
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
Field Vole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Early Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Syrphus torvus · Tawny Mining Bee +5
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Coltsfoot · Gorse · Blackthorn · Ribwort Plantain · Cleavers +27
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas