Plan your visit
🎠Play🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome32 ha
Getting here
53.37751, -2.71607
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
80 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Runcorn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,426 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,426 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon +16
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
Common Nettle · Field Maple · Daisy · Cow Parsley · Cherry Laurel +63
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Field MapleAcer campestre2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,426 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon +16
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
Common Nettle · Field Maple · Daisy · Cow Parsley · Cherry Laurel +63
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Field MapleAcer campestre2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
