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Prescot Cricket Ground

9 ha

📷 Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

Getting here

53.44141, -2.78604

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Canada Goose, Tufted Duck, Coot +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Canada Goose, Tufted Duck, Coot +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cow Parsley, Common Ragwort, Ivy +53 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cow Parsley, Common Ragwort, Ivy +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Beech, Elder, Hogweed +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Platycheirus, 14-spot Ladybird +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Platycheirus, 14-spot Ladybird +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 856Cycling route

Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

NCN 862Cycling route

Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route22 m

Named routeRef 56Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route8 m

Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route446 m

Named routeRef 862Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

27,498 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,498 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Pied Wagtail +49

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Daubenton's Bat +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
StoatMustela erminea
Roe Deer

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Parent Bug

Parent BugElasmucha grisea

🌿

Plants4 species

winterspring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Shepherd's-purse · Wall-rue · Taxus baccata f. baccata

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,498 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Pied Wagtail +49

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Daubenton's Bat +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
StoatMustela erminea
Roe Deer

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Parent Bug

Parent BugElasmucha grisea

🌿

Plants4 species

winterspring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Shepherd's-purse · Wall-rue · Taxus baccata f. baccata

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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