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Old Southport tram terminus

📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

53.65982, -2.96010

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Botanic Gardens Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Botanic Gardens Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreeToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Jackdaw +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Jackdaw +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Syrphus +55 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Syrphus +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Wall-rue, Red Campion +74 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Wall-rue, Red Campion +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Fennel, Small Nettle, White Dead-nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

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

Wildlife to spot

29,300 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,300 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Magpie · Mute Swan +43

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TealAnas crecca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CootFulica atra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RavenCorvus corax2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Mole · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🌿

Plants31 species

winter

2026

Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Red Campion · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Herb-Robert +26

Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Red CampionSilene dioica
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Taxus baccata f. baccata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,300 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Magpie · Mute Swan +43

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TealAnas crecca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CootFulica atra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RavenCorvus corax2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Mole · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🌿

Plants31 species

winter

2026

Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Red Campion · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Herb-Robert +26

Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Red CampionSilene dioica
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Taxus baccata f. baccata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Mike Pennington · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Entrance to Churchtown Botanic Gardens, Southport

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