King George V Playing Fields
3 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.48982, -2.63726
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cwtch Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cwtch Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route45 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 45 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Tudor Style Housing, Wigan Road
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,845 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,845 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects18 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Common Wasp · Western Honey Bee +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- Small Red-eyed Damselfly
Gorse · Early Crocus · Spotted-laurel · Brooklime · Rose Campion +20
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Rose CampionSilene coronaria2025
- WeldReseda luteola2025
- Greater Spearwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,845 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects18 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil · Common Wasp · Western Honey Bee +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- Small Red-eyed Damselfly
Gorse · Early Crocus · Spotted-laurel · Brooklime · Rose Campion +20
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Rose CampionSilene coronaria2025
- WeldReseda luteola2025
- Greater Spearwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erythromma viridulum2025
Erythromma viridulum2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2024Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Ranunculus lingua2025
Ranunculus lingua2025
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Water AvensGeum rivale2025Water AvensGeum rivale2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024Bird CherryPrunus padus2024Bird CherryPrunus padus2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024CowslipPrimula veris2024CowslipPrimula veris2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Events & activities nearby
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