Cambridge Road Play Area
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.27931, -2.89699
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Mallard +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Mallard +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rosemary Beetle, Eristalis tenax +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Floating Pennywort, Yew, Holly +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
North Cheshire Way (Chester Spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Canalside TrailWalking route▾
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 563Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 563National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Traffic Free ChesterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
34,654 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,654 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Starling +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Badger +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Yellow-bellied Slider
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2024▾
Frog · Common Toad
- FrogRana
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Helophilus pendulus · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Azure Damselfly +30
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Floating Pennywort · Guelder-rose · Tutsan · Yew · Rough Meadow-grass +51
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- YewTaxus baccata
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
- HazelCorylus avellana2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,654 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Starling +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos2025
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Badger +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Yellow-bellied Slider
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2024▾
Frog · Common Toad
- FrogRana
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Helophilus pendulus · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Azure Damselfly +30
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Floating Pennywort · Guelder-rose · Tutsan · Yew · Rough Meadow-grass +51
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- YewTaxus baccata
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
- HazelCorylus avellana2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Field Vole
Field Vole
Microtus agrestis2024
Microtus agrestis2024
2024
2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSolomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrimaSolomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrimaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulata2024Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2024Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2024Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2024Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2024Trioza remotaTrioza remota2024Trioza remotaTrioza remota2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024HelophilusHelophilus2024HelophilusHelophilus2024Empis lividaEmpis livida2024Empis lividaEmpis livida2024Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribisCryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis2024Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribisCryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Wild Teasel
Wild Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum2024
Dipsacus fullonum2024
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2024Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2024Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2024Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2024Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2024Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Water BentPolypogon viridis2024Water BentPolypogon viridis2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024English ElmUlmus procera2024English ElmUlmus procera2024Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2024Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2024Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024