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Places › England › North West › Cheshire West and Chester Getting here
53.19261, -2.89957
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Orange Cup, King Alfred's Cakes, Dark Honey Fungus +20 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Orange Cup, King Alfred's Cakes, Dark Honey Fungus +20 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Historic site with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Two Saints Way Walking route 148 km ▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named route Ref TSW Length 148 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map North Cheshire Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 114km Regional walking route
Show on map Baker Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Marches Way Walking route ▾
Longster Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map City Walls public footpath · 22 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 22 m Path type: footway
Show on map Northgate Street Rows public footpath · 89 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 89 m Surface paved Path type: footway
Show on map City Walls public footpath · 75 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 75 m Path type: footway
Show on map 144 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 National Cycle Network
Show on map Burton Marsh Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 568 National Cycle Network
Show on map Brown Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Brown Local cycle route
Show on map Chester - Sealand Road Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Turquoise Local cycle route
Show on map Cycle Chester Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos The Water Tower in Chester
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Wildlife to spot
65,798 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 65,798 records · National Biodiversity Network Wigeon · Mallard · Teal · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +36
Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Coal Tit Periparus ater Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Water Vole · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Water Vole Arvicola amphibius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Syrphus · Syrphus torvus +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Syrphus Syrphus Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 65,798 records · National Biodiversity Network Wigeon · Mallard · Teal · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +36
Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Teal Anas crecca Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Coal Tit Periparus ater Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Redwing Turdus iliacus Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Water Vole · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Water Vole Arvicola amphibius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Syrphus · Syrphus torvus +5
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Syrphus Syrphus Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025 