🧺Picnic🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.40881, -2.98127
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pop-up Route 3
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
139 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
Radial Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
City Centre - OtterspoolCycling route▾
Named routeRef OtterspoolLocal cycle route
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
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Wildlife to spot
20,483 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,483 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +31
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Common Dolphin · Grey Squirrel · Common Porpoise
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Scathophaga stercoraria · Silver Fish · Idiopterus nephrelepidis · Harlequin Ladybird · Platycheirus scutatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Idiopterus nephrelepidisIdiopterus nephrelepidis2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Fritillary · Cowslip · Shepherd's-purse · Smooth Sow-thistle +8
- Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Lords-and-Ladies
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,483 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +31
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2026▾
Common Dolphin · Grey Squirrel · Common Porpoise
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Scathophaga stercoraria · Silver Fish · Idiopterus nephrelepidis · Harlequin Ladybird · Platycheirus scutatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Idiopterus nephrelepidisIdiopterus nephrelepidis2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Fritillary · Cowslip · Shepherd's-purse · Smooth Sow-thistle +8
- Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
- FritillaryFritillaria meleagris
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Lords-and-Ladies
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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