Court Hey Park is one of Knowsley’s flagship parks and a key tourist attraction for the Borough. The 14 hectare site provides a unique wildflower landscape, collection of mature trees and wetland habitat. It has Green Flag status and a high standard of environmental sustainability through management of its wildflowers and sustainable drainage systems

Knowsley Council work with the National Wildflower Centre, Wildflower Conservation Charity Landlife and the Friends of court hey park to maintain all of the landscaped areas within the park. The park has been transformed with the help of Landlife to become a haven of wildlife and wildflowers and a greenspace which is rich and locally distinctive. The meadows and woodlands in Court Hey Park support a huge variety of wildlife and help to save some of our wildflowers that are disappearing from the countryside.

As you enter the park from Roby Road there are meadows on either side of the tarmac driveway leading to the NWC. Wildflower displays are of course seasonal and change from year to year depending on seeding. Is true to say that in order to see all the different types of wildflowers you will need to visit more than once. There are sunny meadows of cornflowers, poppies, corn marigolds and oxeye daisies and woodland glades of ransom, bluebells and red and white campion.

To the left of the driveway there is a walkway made from crushed slate which is wide and flat enough for buggies and mobility scooters. Walking along this pleasant meandering pathway takes you toward the centre; children’s play area and the Gladstone Roots site. Along the way you can seen many types of native wildflowers, birds, the odd grey squirrel and perhaps if you are lucky a fox or two. In some meadow areas such as the ‘Human Sundial’ or the ‘old tennis courts’, there are interpretational signs about wildflowers and the wildlife that they support. The wildflowers have increased food sources for insects and other wildlife and therefore the park has become a popular destination for schools and a unique opportunity to study nature locally.