The Woodlands Community Park
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.38809, -3.02839
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Asda Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Asda Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, 14-spot Ladybird +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
146 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Radial Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,707 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,707 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +32
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐝Insects70 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Green Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · 14-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee +65
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rubus wirralensis
- Rubus wirralensisRubus wirralensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,707 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +32
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐝Insects70 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Green Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · 14-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee +65
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rubus wirralensis
- Rubus wirralensisRubus wirralensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
