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Wirral Country Park

1.6 miles (2.5 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap Enjoy fabulous views of the Wirral Peninsula in this delightful coastal country park. The park is the first designated country park in Britain, opening in 1973. You can climb the 60 feet high, boulder-clay cliffs where there are splendid views of the Dee Estuary. There are excellent facilities with Picnic Areas, Visitor Centre, Shop, Information staff, Cafe, BBQ area and a Bird Hide. The Wirral Way walking and cycling trail also runs through the park. You can follow the trail to the lovely village of Parkgate where there are great views across the marshes of the Dee Estuary and large variety of wildfowl and waders to look out for.
Neston with its splendid botanical gardens is also located in this area.
Our Thurstaston Common and Coast Walk passes through the park. You can pick up the trail and head to the common where there's nice woodland trails, pretty heather and a fine viewpoint on Thurstaston Hill. Near here there's also the lovely Heswall Dales, a pretty area of heathland just west of the town of Heswall.

Wirral Country Park OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Wirral Country Park Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

The Burton Marshes Greenway starts just south of Neston train station. The shared cycling and walking trail will take you south through the RSPB's Burton Mere Wetlands where you can look out for a wide variety of birdlife on the River Dee Estuary.

Photos

Wirral Country Park, Lees Lane 3

Wirral Country Park, Lees Lane. Pond between the visitor area and the Wirral Way. 

Wirral Country Park, Lees Lane 2

Picnic area near the entrance to the visitor area

Pond at Wirral Country Park, Thurstaston - geograph.org.uk - 1737017

Pond at Wirral Country Park, Thurstaston

Entrance to Wirral Country Park at Lees Lane

Entrance to Wirral Country Park at Lees Lane

Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre at Thurstaston - geograph.org.uk - 4115040

Visitor Centre at Thurstaston

The Pond at Thurstaston Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre - geograph.org.uk - 3577637

The Pond at Thurstaston Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre

The Green at Thurstaston Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre - geograph.org.uk - 3577630

The Green at the Visitor Centre

Footpath on Wirral Way - geograph.org.uk - 376096

Footpath on Wirral Way

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GPS Files

GPX File

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Memory Map Route

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