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🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.35236, -2.73281
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️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· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +58 more · last seen 2026; Mudflats priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Brimstone Moth, Common Carpet +157 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
116 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
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
27,542 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,542 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TealAnas crecca
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Carpet · Bright-line Brown-eye · Brimstone Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Crambidae +14
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
- Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- CrambidaeCrambidae
- Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata
- Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria
Alexanders · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Biting Stonecrop · Butterfly-bush · Shepherd's-purse +43
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,542 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TealAnas crecca
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Carpet · Bright-line Brown-eye · Brimstone Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Crambidae +14
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
- Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- CrambidaeCrambidae
- Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata
- Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria
Alexanders · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Biting Stonecrop · Butterfly-bush · Shepherd's-purse +43
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
