The Liverpool Botanical Society 2026 Field meetings
For information on the Society please Contact Wendy Atkinson at World Museum, Liverpool Tel: 0151 478 4216 wendy.atkinson@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk www.livbotsoc.org
Attendance at field meetings is at members’ own risk. Please wear suitable footwear, waterproof clothing, and bring a packed lunch. For further information on membership application, safety in the field and the latest information, please see our website.
Members will need to pre-book with meeting leaders and give contact details (phone number), so we know who to expect and contact in the event of any last-minute changes. Contact Wendy Atkinson or meeting leaders for further information.
Field Meetings 2026
** indicates joint field meetings with the Merseyside Naturalists’ Association, (MNA) Early booking is advised.
+ indicates a joint meeting with the Wildflower Society (WFS)
Meetings start at 10:30
Saturday April 18: Caergwrle
Leader - Steve Cross (07807 341220).
Meet at Caergwrle Station, Hawarden Road, LL12 9BL. (SJ3092157258). What 3 words: dairy.bookmark.preheated.
There is a car park in the village. Woodland and hedgerow plants.
Saturday April 25: City Nature Challenge. Rimrose Valley.
Leader - Steve Cross (07807 341220).
Meet at car park, Kirkstone Road West, Ford. L21 9LQ. Next to Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church, (SJ335987).
What3Words: crown.awards.rust.
All natural history.
+Saturday May 9: Croxteth Country Park, Liverpool
Leader - Steve Cross (07807 341220)
Meet at main car park off Muirhead Avenue East, L11 1EH. (SJ40483 94156).
What3Words: object.pass.flight.
Woodland plants. Limited places available.
Saturday May 30: Speke Hall
Leader - Steve Cross (07807 341220)
Meet at National Trust car park, The Walk, L24 1XD. (SJ422825). What3Words: monopoly.joys.family. Woodland plants.
Saturday June 6: Halewood Park Triangle
Leader - Steve Cross (07807 341220)
Meet at car park, Okell Drive, L26 7XB. (SJ4417985935). What3Words: weeps.workflow.fraction.
Woodland and ruderal plants.
**Saturday June 20: Haybridge
MNA coach trip, Cost £25.
Please book with MNA coach secretary Seema Aggarwal (07984 231059)
Sunday June 21: Pat Lockwood Memorial Walk. Green Beach, Ainsdale.
Leader - Steve Cross (07807 341220).
Meet at car park by Ainsdale Discovery Centre, PR8 2QB. (SD2978412694). What3Words: probably.professed.encloses.
Plants of saltmarsh, slacks and dunes.
+Saturday June 27: Liverpool City Centre & Everton
Leader - Steve Cross (07807 341220) Meet outside World Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN. (SJ34839075).
Urban Plants. Limited places available.
Saturday July 4: Crosby Beach
Leader – Steve Cross (07807 341220).
Meet at car park at Blucher Street, L22 8QA (SJ3131598202).
What3Words: forest.forced.shot.
Dune plants including Dune Wormwood and Isle of Man Cabbage.
Saturday July 11: Minera Quarry, near Wrexham, North Wales
Leader – Robert Freeth (07746 745774). Meet in car park 800m down narrow lane off Maes-yffynnon Road, Minera (SJ258519). Limestone plants of disused quarry & industrial site.
**Saturday July 18: Tegg’s Nose
MNA coach trip, Cost £25. Please book with MNA coach secretary Seema Aggarwal (07984 231059) coachsecretary@mnapage.info
Saturday July 25: Wirral Way
Leader - John Crowder (07977 736172). Meet at pay & display car park at CH61 0HN. (SJ2394783414). Plants of meadows and hedgerows.
Saturday August 8: Leasowe, Wirral.
Leader – Steve Cross (07807 341220). Meet at Leasowe Lighthouse Car Park, Lingham Lane, CH46 4TA. (SJ2518091340). What3Words: bigger.calculating.cubes. Dune and coastal plants.
Saturday August 22: Maghull & the Leeds-Liverpool canal.
Leader – Peter Gateley (07422 654161). Meet at Maghull Station, L31 3DE. (SD383015). What3words: graced.saves.demotion. Urban and aquatic plants including Duckweeds and Lesser reedmace.
Saturday September 26: Southport
Leader – Steve Cross (07807 341220). Meet at The Lakeside Inn, Promenade, PR9 0EA. (SD3373817921). What3Words: asks.honey.lift. Dune and Saltmarsh plants.
Saturday October 3: Rufford.
Leader – Peter Gateley (07422 654161) Meet at Rufford station, L40 1TB (SD466156) Plants of canal, riverbank and arable field edges.
Saturday October 24: Freshfield
Leader – Steve Cross (07807 341220). Meet at Freshfield station car park, L37 7DD. (SD2912408326). What3Words: parent.cats.crass. Fungi and any late flowering plants.