Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
53.65643, -2.98745
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Greylag Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Greylag Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck +69 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck +69 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Wall-rue, Pellitory-of-the-wall +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
ShrimpCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route63 m▾
Named routeLength 63 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Feeding the ducks in Hesketh Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
49,851 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
49,851 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Oystercatcher · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Gadwall +31
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- SmewMergellus albellus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wall-rue · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Greater Periwinkle · Fennel +15
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- Black Spleenwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,851 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Oystercatcher · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Gadwall +31
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- SmewMergellus albellus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wall-rue · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Greater Periwinkle · Fennel +15
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- Black Spleenwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
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