Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.64842, -3.01029
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Mute Swan
- ☀️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
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Mute Swan
- ☀️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🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Maidenhair Spleenwort, Wall-rue, Pellitory-of-the-wall +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
ShrimpCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route63 m▾
Named routeLength 63 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
43,105 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
43,105 records · National Biodiversity NetworkOystercatcher · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +26
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meliscaeva auricollis
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Wall-rue · Biting Stonecrop +19
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
43,105 records · National Biodiversity NetworkOystercatcher · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +26
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meliscaeva auricollis
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Wall-rue · Biting Stonecrop +19
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
