Croxteth Hall & Country Park Web site

Country Park

 Self guided
The wide open spaces of our lawns give freedom to run and play games, but the park is also a great place to appreciate the changing seasons; a leaf-kicking autumn walk, a spring flower visit, frost on the leaves in winter or sitting in the shade of a tree in summer ...

We have a number of printed resources to help you get the most from your visit.

We have a Games Box with a selection of toys for activity play - soft balls, bats, bean bags, cones, parachute etc. This is free but must be booked in advance of your visit.

Risk Assessment: A Croxteth risk assessment covering all Country Park based visits (including story telling) is available.

Guided visits

Available: April - October, 10.00 am or 1.00pm (unless otherwise arranged).
Duration: 1½ hours (can be shortened for younger groups)
Charge:  £3.80 per child. Minimum charge: £95.00 per group 

Minibeast Explorers 
After a general introduction about minibeasts and where to find them, the children explore various woodland habitats to capture some minibeasts and draw and record their findings on our special Minibeast Explorers recording sheet. Teachers notes for Minibeast Explorers.

Four Seasons Trail (January - November)
A healthy walk in our 'outdoor classroom' to explore the changing seasons and what to look out for at different times of the year. How these seasonal changes and changing weather conditions affects plants and animals will be introduced. We will also introduce how climate change is altering the traditional timing of the seasons.
The trail provides the opportunity to look at different habitats (places where animals and plants live) and the variety of life (biodiversity) found there. Examples of plant materials may be gathered, according to season, for further investigation or display back in school.
Sustainability is raised as an issue we can all do something about for example plant a tree. Everybody gets a chance to be an acorn and see if they can survive in the fun, innovative 'Croxteth Survival Game'.  Four Seasons Trail Teachers Notes. Croxteth Risk Assessment is available

Storytelling

Available: April - October, 10.00 am or 1.00pm (unless otherwise arranged).
Duration: 1½ hours (can be shortened for younger groups)
Charge: £4.20 per child.
Minimum charge: £105.000 per group

Winnie the Pooh!
Take a walk through the woods or visit our secluded Wildlife Garden with our storyteller who will read extracts from 'Winnie the Pooh', play 'Pooh sticks', look out for the 'Billy Goats Gruff' and sing nursery rhymes (a version of this visit is also available in the Walled Garden)

There's a Bear - Where? 
A new adventure based on a well known story about a hunt for a bear. Visit the Country Park (or the Walled Garden) and follow a treasure hunt type trail through the woods to find the missing bear.

Storytelling teachers notes available. Croxteth Risk Assessment available to download.

"Impressed with the Games Box and very helpful staff. Children particularly enjoyed the parachute" Our Lady of the Assumption 

This page contains Adobe PDF documents. If you have problems accessing PDFs you can:

• Download a PDF viewer 
• use a PDF conversion tool
• find out more about PDF accessibility.