Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
53.26364, -2.13542
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕West Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕West Park Cafe — 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +53 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 19Walking route15.3 km▾
Named routeLength 15.3 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 18Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Shutlingsloe WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Charlton Streetpublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mPath type: residential
Summerlea Closepublic footpath · 202 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 202 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Wizard TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Middlewood WayCycling route▾
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route139 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 139 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grit and Gears IIMountain bike route▾
Forest BridlewayMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
West Park Museum Entrance
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
37,108 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,108 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Robin +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Badger · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Atomaria apicalis · Ptenidium pusillum · Ephistemus globulus +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Atomaria apicalisAtomaria apicalis2025
- Ptenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillum2025
- Ephistemus globulusEphistemus globulus2025
- Sericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornis
Water Fern
- Water FernAzolla filiculoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,108 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Robin +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Badger · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Atomaria apicalis · Ptenidium pusillum · Ephistemus globulus +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- EupeodesEupeodes2025
- Atomaria apicalisAtomaria apicalis2025
- Ptenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillum2025
- Ephistemus globulusEphistemus globulus2025
- Sericoderus brevicornisSericoderus brevicornis
Water Fern
- Water FernAzolla filiculoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer2025Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Events & activities nearby
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