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St Columba's Church

📷 S Parish · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

53.43375, -2.95025

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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
🅿️Anfield and Goodison Park matchday parking 445m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Anfield and Goodison Park matchday parking 445m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Blue Tit, Mute Swan +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Blue Tit, Mute Swan +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Anfield Cycle Route

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Smooth Sow-thistle, Rue-leaved Saxifrage, Field Woundwort +3 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Smooth Sow-thistle, Rue-leaved Saxifrage, Field Woundwort +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Allerton Country WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

211 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Radial Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Radial Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Anfield Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 81Regional cycle route

University Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Pop-up Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef Pop-up 1Local cycle route

Woolton & WavertreeCycling route

Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

65,836 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

65,836 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Coot · Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Magpie · Canada Goose +34

CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants6 species

winter

2026

Smooth Sow-thistle · Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Field Woundwort · Black Nightshade · Oxford Ragwort +1

Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Field WoundwortStachys arvensis
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

65,836 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Coot · Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Magpie · Canada Goose +34

CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🌿

Plants6 species

winter

2026

Smooth Sow-thistle · Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Field Woundwort · Black Nightshade · Oxford Ragwort +1

Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Field WoundwortStachys arvensis
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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