St John the Baptist's Church
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › North West › Cheshire West and Chester Getting here
53.18894, -2.88556
Open directionsv 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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Snugburys — 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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Snugburys — 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
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Orange Cup, King Alfred's Cakes, Dark Honey Fungus +20 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Orange Cup, King Alfred's Cakes, Dark Honey Fungus +20 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 51 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Two Saints Way Walking route 148 km ▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named route Ref TSW Length 148 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map North Cheshire Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 114km Regional walking route
Show on map Baker Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Marches Way Walking route ▾
Longster Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bridge Street West Row public footpath · 67 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 67 m Surface paved Path type: footway
Show on map Bridge Street Rows public footpath · 4 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 4 m Path type: footway
Show on map Bridge Street Rows public footpath · 39 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 39 m Surface paved Path type: footway
Show on map 146 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 National Cycle Network
Show on map Burton Marsh Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 568 National Cycle Network
Show on map Brown Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Brown Local cycle route
Show on map Chester - Sealand Road Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Turquoise Local cycle route
Show on map Cycle Chester Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
82,472 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 82,472 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Teal +35
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Teal Anas crecca Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Common Gull Larus canus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Water Vole · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Water Vole Arvicola amphibius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Syrphus Syrphus Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 82,472 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Teal +35
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Teal Anas crecca Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Common Gull Larus canus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Water Vole · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Water Vole Arvicola amphibius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Syrphus Syrphus Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apion frumentarium
Apion frumentarium
Apion frumentarium
Apion frumentarium
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025 