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🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome74 ha
Getting here
53.36645, -2.74721
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Runcorn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
30,086 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,086 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Coot +11
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red Fox
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Hazel · Cock's-foot · Cleavers · Cow Parsley · Ivy +57
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- IvyHedera helix
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,086 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Coot +11
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TealAnas crecca
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red Fox
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Hazel · Cock's-foot · Cleavers · Cow Parsley · Ivy +57
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- IvyHedera helix
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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