Norton Priory Walled Gardens 1 ha
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53.34606, -2.68031
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Willow Tit, Mallard, Coot +94 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Willow Tit, Mallard, Coot +94 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Light Emerald, Large Yellow Underwing, Brimstone Moth +136 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Light Emerald, Large Yellow Underwing, Brimstone Moth +136 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Circuit Walking route ▾
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Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Mersey Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Delamere Way Walking route ▾
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Show on map 154 signed routes nearby
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Runcorn Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Runcorn Loop Local cycle route
Show on map Pier to Pier cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 562 National Cycle Network
Show on map Trans Pennine Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 62 National Cycle Network
Show on map Trans Pennine Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 62 National Cycle Network
Show on map 11 Whittle Hall Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 11 Local cycle route
Show on map Trans Pennine Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 62 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
84,341 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 84,341 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant +33
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2025 Quail Coturnix coturnix2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Mole · Harvest Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew
Mole Talpa europaea Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Large Yellow Underwing · Brimstone Moth · Brick · Large Wainscot · Lesser Yellow Underwing +85
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Brick Sunira circellaris Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata Light Emerald 🌿 Plants 3 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Broad-leaved Helleborine · Hogweed · Bristly Oxtongue
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 84,341 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant +33
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2025 Quail Coturnix coturnix2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Mole · Harvest Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew
Mole Talpa europaea Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Large Yellow Underwing · Brimstone Moth · Brick · Large Wainscot · Lesser Yellow Underwing +85
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata Brick Sunira circellaris Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata Light Emerald 🌿 Plants 3 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Broad-leaved Helleborine · Hogweed · Bristly Oxtongue
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Campaea margaritaria
Campaea margaritaria
Silver Y Autographa gamma
Silver Y Autographa gamma
Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata
Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata
Snout Hypena proboscidalis
Snout Hypena proboscidalis
Yellow-tail Euproctis similis
Yellow-tail Euproctis similis
Straw Dot Rivula sericealis
Straw Dot Rivula sericealis
Common Rustic agg. Mesapamea secalis agg.
Common Rustic agg. Mesapamea secalis agg.
Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria
Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata
Shaded Broad-bar Scotopteryx chenopodiata
Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea
Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea
Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens
Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens
Mother of Pearl Patania ruralis
Mother of Pearl Patania ruralis
Crescent Helotropha leucostigma
Crescent Helotropha leucostigma
December Moth Poecilocampa populi
December Moth Poecilocampa populi
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra
Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana
Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata
Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina
Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina
Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria
Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata
Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago
Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri
Blair's Shoulder-knot Lithophane leautieri
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.
Yellow-Line Quaker Leptologia macilenta
Yellow-Line Quaker Leptologia macilenta
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia
Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa
Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus
Short-winged Cone-head Conocephalus dorsalis
Short-winged Cone-head Conocephalus dorsalis
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura
Orange Swift Triodia sylvina
Orange Swift Triodia sylvina
Dingy Shell Euchoeca nebulata
Dingy Shell Euchoeca nebulata
Dingy Footman Eilema griseola
Dingy Footman Eilema griseola
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata
Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata
Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata
Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum
Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum
Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta
Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta
Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina
Pale Prominent Pterostoma palpina
Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula
Middle-barred Minor Oligia fasciuncula
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata
Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata
Common White Wave Cabera pusaria
Common White Wave Cabera pusaria
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe
Drinker Euthrix potatoria
Drinker Euthrix potatoria
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
Clay Mythimna ferrago
Clay Mythimna ferrago
Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor
Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor
Marbled Beauty Bryophila domestica
Marbled Beauty Bryophila domestica
Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula
Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula
Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis
Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis
Dingy Shears Apterogenum ypsillon
Dingy Shears Apterogenum ypsillon
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis
Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata
Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae
Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae
Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis
Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis
Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina
Dun-bar Cosmia trapezina
Plemyria rubiginata plumbata Plemyria rubiginata plumbata
Plemyria rubiginata plumbata Plemyria rubiginata plumbata
Garden Tiger Arctia caja
Garden Tiger Arctia caja
Double Lobed Lateroligia ophiogramma
Double Lobed Lateroligia ophiogramma
Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina
Slender Brindle Apamea scolopacina
Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritima
Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritima
Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria
Swallow-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria
Common Heath Ematurga atomaria
Common Heath Ematurga atomaria
Spectacle Abrostola tripartita
Spectacle Abrostola tripartita
Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea
Light Arches Apamea lithoxylaea
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi
Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata
Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata
Garden Straw Agapeta hamana
Garden Straw Agapeta hamana
Common Footman Eilema lurideola
Common Footman Eilema lurideola
Peppered Moth Biston betularia
Peppered Moth Biston betularia
Flame Axylia putris
Flame Axylia putris
Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana
Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana
Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea
Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea
Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius
Iron Prominent Notodonta dromedarius
Olive Ipimorpha subtusa
Olive Ipimorpha subtusa
Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea
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