Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
53.33697, -2.68239
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦40+ 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
- ☕Chi community cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦40+ 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
- ☕Chi community cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Coot +37 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Coot +37 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brimstone Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Brick +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
168 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Runcorn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
57,161 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,161 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Coot · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Great Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects78 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brimstone Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Brick · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Large Wainscot +73
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- BrickSunira circellaris
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
- Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
🌿Plants3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Broad-leaved Helleborine · Hogweed · Bristly Oxtongue
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,161 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Coot · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Great Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects78 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brimstone Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Brick · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Large Wainscot +73
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- BrickSunira circellaris
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
- Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
🌿Plants3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Broad-leaved Helleborine · Hogweed · Bristly Oxtongue
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Light Emerald
Light Emerald
Campaea margaritaria
Campaea margaritaria
Silver YAutographa gammaSilver YAutographa gammaSmall Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselataSmall Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselataSnoutHypena proboscidalisSnoutHypena proboscidalisStraw DotRivula sericealisStraw DotRivula sericealisWillow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidariaWillow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidariaCopper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramideaCopper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramideaRuby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosaRuby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosaCommon WainscotMythimna pallensCommon WainscotMythimna pallensMother of PearlPatania ruralisMother of PearlPatania ruralisDecember MothPoecilocampa populiDecember MothPoecilocampa populiWinter MothOperophtera brumataWinter MothOperophtera brumataRed-green CarpetChloroclysta siterataRed-green CarpetChloroclysta siterataBlack RusticAporophyla nigraBlack RusticAporophyla nigraLong-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercanaLong-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercanaMerveille du JourGriposia aprilinaMerveille du JourGriposia aprilinaFeathered ThornColotois pennariaFeathered ThornColotois pennariaPink-barred SallowXanthia togataPink-barred SallowXanthia togataBarred SallowTiliacea auragoBarred SallowTiliacea auragoBlair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieriBlair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieriNovember Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilentaYellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilentaRed-Line QuakerLeptologia lotaRed-Line QuakerLeptologia lotaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisEngrailedEctropis crepusculariaEngrailedEctropis crepusculariaSquare-spot RusticXestia xanthographaSquare-spot RusticXestia xanthographaYellow-tailEuproctis similisYellow-tailEuproctis similisDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusSmoky WainscotMythimna impuraSmoky WainscotMythimna impuraShaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiataShaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiataCommon Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.SallowCirrhia icteritiaSallowCirrhia icteritiaFlame ShoulderOchropleura plectaFlame ShoulderOchropleura plectaOrange SwiftTriodia sylvinaOrange SwiftTriodia sylvinaDingy ShellEuchoeca nebulataDingy ShellEuchoeca nebulataDingy FootmanEilema griseolaDingy FootmanEilema griseolaFlame CarpetXanthorhoe designataFlame CarpetXanthorhoe designataSix-striped RusticXestia sexstrigataSix-striped RusticXestia sexstrigataSetaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrumSetaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrumShuttle-shaped DartAgrotis putaShuttle-shaped DartAgrotis putaPale ProminentPterostoma palpinaPale ProminentPterostoma palpinaMiddle-barred MinorOligia fasciunculaMiddle-barred MinorOligia fasciunculaCrescentHelotropha leucostigmaCrescentHelotropha leucostigmaSmall PhoenixEcliptopera silaceataSmall PhoenixEcliptopera silaceataCommon White WaveCabera pusariaCommon White WaveCabera pusariaLesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua jantheLesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua jantheDrinkerEuthrix potatoriaDrinkerEuthrix potatoriaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaHeart & DartAgrotis exclamationisHeart & DartAgrotis exclamationisDingy ShearsApterogenum ypsillonDingy ShearsApterogenum ypsillonBurnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitisBurnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitisCommon WaveCabera exanthemataCommon WaveCabera exanthemataLime Hawk-mothMimas tiliaeLime Hawk-mothMimas tiliaeMarbled MinorOligia strigilisMarbled MinorOligia strigilisDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataDun-barCosmia trapezinaDun-barCosmia trapezinaClayMythimna ferragoClayMythimna ferragoElephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenorElephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenorMarbled BeautyBryophila domesticaMarbled BeautyBryophila domesticaCloaked MinorMesoligia furunculaCloaked MinorMesoligia furunculaPlemyria rubiginata plumbataPlemyria rubiginata plumbataPlemyria rubiginata plumbataPlemyria rubiginata plumbataGarden TigerArctia cajaGarden TigerArctia cajaDouble LobedLateroligia ophiogrammaDouble LobedLateroligia ophiogrammaSlender BrindleApamea scolopacinaSlender BrindleApamea scolopacinaSilky WainscotChilodes maritimaSilky WainscotChilodes maritimaSwallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucariaSwallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucariaCommon HeathEmaturga atomariaCommon HeathEmaturga atomariaSpectacleAbrostola tripartitaSpectacleAbrostola tripartitaLight ArchesApamea lithoxylaeaLight ArchesApamea lithoxylaeaPoplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populiPoplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populiSmall RivuletPerizoma alchemillataSmall RivuletPerizoma alchemillataGarden StrawAgapeta hamanaGarden StrawAgapeta hamanaEvents & activities nearby
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