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Golftyn Park

5 ha

📷 Nigel Thompson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

53.22475, -3.07047

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Grey Heron
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 137m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Grey Heron
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 137m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Grey Heron, Little Egret +96 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Grey Heron, Little Egret +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main route

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

80 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Millennium GreenwayCycling route15 km

Named routeLength 15 kmLocal cycle route

Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network

Route 563Cycling route

Named routeRef 563National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

39,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Chaffinch · Teal · Canada Goose · Mallard +70

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025

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Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Chaffinch · Teal · Canada Goose · Mallard +70

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Nigel Thompson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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