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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
53.41701, -2.56895
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 147m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 147m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +44 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +44 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Opomyza florum, Botanophila fugax, Common Flower Bug +188 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
New Cut TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Foxfield Closepublic footpath · 35 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 35 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Foxfield Closepublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
90 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
3 Woolston to BirchwoodCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
2 Warrington WatersCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
1 Great Sankey to HospitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
8 Black Bear ParkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
5 Appleton ThornCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Photos
Children's Play Area, Peel Hall Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
30,813 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,813 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Egle ciliata · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +3
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Egle ciliataEgle ciliata2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Field Grasshopper
Lesser Celandine · Mugwort · Ribwort Plantain · Oxeye Daisy · Elder +3
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,813 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Egle ciliata · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +3
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Egle ciliataEgle ciliata2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Field Grasshopper
Lesser Celandine · Mugwort · Ribwort Plantain · Oxeye Daisy · Elder +3
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Rosa caninaRosa canina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chorthippus brunneus2025
Chorthippus brunneus2025
Egle parvaEgle parva2025Egle parvaEgle parva2025Egle minutaEgle minuta2025Egle minutaEgle minuta2025Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2025Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2025HonestyLunaria annua2025HonestyLunaria annua2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025