Court Hey Park

Court Hey sits in the wedge between the M62 and Roby Road, close enough to junction 5 that you are out of the car within two minutes of leaving the motorway, and far enough in that you cannot hear it once you are past the trees.

Knowsley Council holds a Green Flag for it. In practice that means the paths are kept, the bins are emptied and the playground works.

The useful list for a family is short and good: a children's playground, sunken gardens, a picnic area and free parking. Around that sit a cricket pitch, a bowling green, an outdoor green gym, a community orchard, an Incredible Edible growing plot and the marked footprint of Gladstone's Roots, the mansion that once stood here.

This was the home of the National Wildflower Centre, which closed years ago. The wildflower and wetland habitats are what survived it. Do not expect a visitor attraction.

Getting here without a car is easy for once. Broad Green is nine minutes on the train from Lime Street and thirty-nine from Warrington, then a twenty minute walk, or a bus from outside the station to the stops on Roby Road. There is cycle storage in the courtyard and the Liverpool Loop Line passes close by. The park is accessible throughout, though the Buttermere Road and Keswick Way gates shut in the evenings.

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