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St Mary's Church

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.35973, -2.91098

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingToilets

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ivy, Butterfly-bush, Common Nettle +174 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ivy, Butterfly-bush, Common Nettle +174 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Alexanders, Elder +28 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Western Honey Bee, Common Red Soldier Beetle +39 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Western Honey Bee, Common Red Soldier Beetle +39 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 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

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Allerton Country WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

131 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Radial Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

University Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Woolton & WavertreeCycling route

Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route

City Centre - OtterspoolCycling route

Named routeRef OtterspoolLocal cycle route

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

23,902 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,902 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds31 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +26

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects4 species

springautumn

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025

🌿

Plants24 species

winter

2026

Ivy · Butterfly-bush · Firethorn · Lesser Celandine · Wood Avens +19

IvyHedera helix
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FirethornPyracantha coccinea
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
CleaversGalium aparine
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Persian IvyHedera colchica
Hedera helixHedera helix
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
LaurustinusViburnum tinus2025
Common Morning-gloryIpomoea purpurea2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,902 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds31 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +26

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects4 species

springautumn

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025

🌿

Plants24 species

winter

2026

Ivy · Butterfly-bush · Firethorn · Lesser Celandine · Wood Avens +19

IvyHedera helix
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FirethornPyracantha coccinea
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
CleaversGalium aparine
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Persian IvyHedera colchica
Hedera helixHedera helix
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
LaurustinusViburnum tinus2025
Common Morning-gloryIpomoea purpurea2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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