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Thornton Garden of Rest

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Wigeon, Teal +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Wigeon, Teal +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee · last seen 2026; Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Reed, Common Field-speedwell, Holly +4 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Reed, Common Field-speedwell, Holly +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Cemetery — local history and memorials

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

126 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Waterloo to BootleCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 810Cycling route

Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network

Radial Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Outer OrbitalCycling route

Named routeRef OLocal cycle route

Trans Pennine TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

58,351 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

58,351 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Canada Goose · Kestrel · Robin · Teal · Lapwing +57

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Barn OwlTyto alba
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
PochardAythya ferina
BitternBotaurus stellaris
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2026

Common Porpoise · Grey Seal · Rabbit · Noctule · Roe Deer

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Hairy-footed Flower Bee

Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes

🌿

Plants7 species

winter

2026

Common Field-speedwell · Holly · Snowdrop · Heather · Common Reed +2

Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
HollyIlex aquifolium
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Common ReedPhragmites australis
ElderSambucus nigra
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

58,351 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Canada Goose · Kestrel · Robin · Teal · Lapwing +57

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Barn OwlTyto alba
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
PochardAythya ferina
BitternBotaurus stellaris
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2026

Common Porpoise · Grey Seal · Rabbit · Noctule · Roe Deer

Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Hairy-footed Flower Bee

Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes

🌿

Plants7 species

winter

2026

Common Field-speedwell · Holly · Snowdrop · Heather · Common Reed +2

Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
HollyIlex aquifolium
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Common ReedPhragmites australis
ElderSambucus nigra
Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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