Wigg Island Community Park
87 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome87 ha
Getting here
53.34743, -2.70563
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Willow Tit and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Willow Tit and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Willow Tit, Mallard, Mute Swan +54 more · last seen 2026; Saltmarsh — dunlin, redshank and grey plover on passage and in winter
Free
Birds — Willow Tit, Mallard, Mute Swan +54 more · last seen 2026; Coastal saltmarsh priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Brimstone Moth, Common Carpet +158 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Alexanders, Elder, Butterfly-bush +103 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
137 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
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
11 Whittle HallCycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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A footpath/cycleway on Wigg Island
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
64,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
64,671 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Coot · Black-headed Gull +22
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TealAnas crecca
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Common Carpet · Bright-line Brown-eye · Brimstone Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Crambidae +13
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
- Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- CrambidaeCrambidae
- Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
- Common Marbled Carpet
Alexanders · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Butterfly-bush · Shepherd's-purse · Common Chickweed +43
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,671 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan · Coot · Black-headed Gull +22
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TealAnas crecca
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mole · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Common Carpet · Bright-line Brown-eye · Brimstone Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Crambidae +13
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
- Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- CrambidaeCrambidae
- Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
- Common Marbled Carpet
Alexanders · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Butterfly-bush · Shepherd's-purse · Common Chickweed +43
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Dysstroma truncata
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