Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.28335, -3.37264
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Robin
- ☀️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
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Robin
- ☀️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🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Blackbird +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Blackbird +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady +12 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km▾
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitehaven to SilecroftWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Photos
St Michael's Church, Bootle
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow BridgeHistoric site3.1 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle FellHistoric site2.5 km→⛪St John the Baptist's ChurchReligious grounds3 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds4.6 km→✦Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle FellHistoric site2.6 km→✦Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle FellHistoric site3.1 km→ Wildlife to spot
2,664 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,664 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
winterspring
2025▾
House Sparrow · Blackbird · Rook · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +24
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2022
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Otter · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Large White · Small White · Painted Lady +2
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Snowdrop
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,664 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
winterspring
2025▾
House Sparrow · Blackbird · Rook · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +24
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2022
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Otter · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Large White · Small White · Painted Lady +2
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Snowdrop
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumEvents & activities nearby
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