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Wavertree Botanic Gardens

Tourist attraction Park

Manicured public 19th century park with walled gardens, a play area & listed lodge building. People often mention park, walk, beautiful, trees, garden, nice, cherry, Nice, blossom, area,


Address

Edge Ln, Innovation Blvd, Liverpool L7 9PL, United Kingdom

Website

liverpool.gov.uk

Contact

+44 151 233 3000

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (976 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 5 am to 10 pm
  • Monday: 5 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 5 am to 10 pm
  • Wednesday: 5 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 5 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 5 am to 10 pm
  • Saturday: 5 am to 10 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: park (18) walk (12) beautiful (11) trees (9) garden (9) nice (7) cherry (7) Nice (7) blossom (6) area (6)
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  • 4/5 Sue D. 1 year ago on Google
    Didn't know this was there. Saw the trees form a heart shaped entrance so pulled over. Beautiful, wild place. Meadow flowers, bees, little paths that take you into wild woods. Not so great for disabled access in parts
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Francis P. 7 months ago on Google
    It's a very nice and wide park which looks stunning especially during the spring season with the cherry blossoms. The garden inside is also great for a run during the day as it has only opening hours.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Durga S. 11 months ago on Google
    One of the best place to visit during spring and summer. Lush greenary and the cherry blossom is like the icing to the cake. Shouldnot miss this place if you wish to find peace.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Themis D. 2 years ago on Google
    I visited at the best time of the year, when the cherry trees are in bloom and form a pink corridor. It gets so beautiful! The park has lots of open field, lawn space, and an area for children. It is easy to acces by public transport or car. It’s a walled park and some gates were closed the day I visited, there was an open entrance through Botanic Rd and another at Edge Ln. I wish there were more plants and flowers besides the cherry trees...
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Maddie F. 3 years ago on Google
    Early morning g sunday walk, to look at the beautiful blossom trees.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 steven l. 11 months ago on Google
    Nice gardens to walk around with some beautiful flowers
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Katie M. 1 year ago on Google
    Very underrated park, I've visited in all seasons and it always looks incredible. Good birdlife too - have seen nuthatches, ravens, various thrushes, blackcaps, chiffchaffs. Usually pretty quiet and lots of places where you can have a moment to yourself. Also large fields nearby and a playpark/outdoor gym equipment.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Grace s. 3 years ago on Google
    Lovely for a short walk, especially at this time of year with the cherry blossom in full bloom. The walled garden looks like it's seen better days, mostly trees and some large shrubs. It would be beautiful if they planted more in the available beds. Near edge lane the traffic is noisy but that really dies away as you move further into the park. Overall, it's pleasant, small, and not crowded at all so a great spot to get away from the urban surroundings.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ajay N. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice park with big trees, a vast long ground and kids play area. Parking is available in limited numbers near Edge lane entrance
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Megan R. 2 years ago on Google
    I can confirm there are no blossom trees in April. It is also an expensive scooter ride from town. No water coming out of the whale tail fountain. I can't lie, a disappointment.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Paul W. 4 years ago on Google
    Visited while shopping on Edge Lane. I'm sure in recent years gone by this Walled garden was lush and full of lovely colour. Unfortunately it has been left to just decay and stand still. A nice walk through with the odd bit of colour and the odd bench to sit down and rest. Nice and peaceful considering a busy main road is just the other side of the walk. A nice stone building tucked on the corner is actually a little nursary school. A nice little area in quite a big park behind it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sarina Mae A. 3 years ago on Google
    Reviewed 18th sept 2020. Just across my flat in Botanic Road. A perfect spot to take a short walk in the afternoon. If you want to break a sweat, the playing field is an option for running or practicing football with friends.😃
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jane M. 10 months ago on Google
    Lovely park. Miles of it. I must admit I used it to get close to the Littlewoods Pools Building for a bit of urbexing 😀
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Luke A. 2 years ago on Google
    Missed the blossom unfortunately. Didn’t seem to be much other plants and flowers. With the title of botanical garden, I was expecting to see a lot of varieties there. Some of the grass could do with mowing and the paths edging.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Claire W. 5 years ago on Google
    It's a beautiful park all year around and a great place to walk your dog. Have picnics there all the time, plenty of shade and lawn and lovely spots to just relax and socialise.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Rebecca W. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice, large open space once you're in but really struggled to find a way in with my son's wheelchair...no dropped kerbs, narrow gateways etc. Looks very neglected but can see it could be lovely with a bit of attention. Sad to see potentially beautiful public spaces neglected amd difficult to access

  • 5/5 Naruto U. 2 years ago on Google
    This is a lovely place for a walk I come here to play volleyball with my friends/team but is a good place for a family because there is a kids park

  • 4/5 Waris H. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place to go to relax 😌 or picnics!!!! They have a play area for the kids, and enough green space for them to run around in!!!! Make sure to take snacks with you.

  • 2/5 Karl W. 11 months ago on Google
    The actual gardens have been left to fall into disrepair, gone are the Georgian planters and statues. The colourful bedding plants have all disappeared, there is litter and rubbish in the bushes. It's a shame, the gardens used to be immaculate before the lockdown, but since then, they have been left to rack and ruin.

  • 5/5 Tracey M. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice to see cherry blossom

  • 2/5 Peter S. 3 years ago on Google
    The Victorian walled gardens are now looking a tad shabby and overgrown and in need of some TLC in places, but are still a nice enough area to explore - the gardens are accompanied by playing fields in decent enough condition, but a wooded area near the main road was heavily polluted with litter and waste.

  • 4/5 M T. 1 year ago on Google
    I visit here everyday to walk my dog or run, it can be a beautiful place, just needs some TLC, the cherry trees in the spring and autumn are a sight to behold and a lot of wedding couples and Asian people come for Sakura. If only the council put some effort in to tidy up the walls and flower beds cut back some of the overgrown ivy which is strangling some of the beautiful trees and people stop having BBQs and just leaving their rubbish behind all over the floor (There are plenty of bins around just blatant disrespect to the environment you are sitting there enjoying...why is my question?) Apart from that I do enjoy this park regularly and there is a friends of Botanic park group who are volunteers who do care and are trying to look after this beautiful resource that so many people enjoy.

  • 5/5 Lin C. 3 years ago on Google
    The park is very close to my home, the environment is good, very beautiful, I like to walk here.

  • 2/5 Jo H. 1 year ago on Google
    Sadly the photos on line didn't show the place when I went on a Friday teatime. When I went with my dog around a month ago couldn't wait to get home. Place was a tip. Few Gangs. Motor Bikes. Drug Use. Sorry..

  • 2/5 Alan H. 1 year ago on Google
    Like most parks in city centre Liverpool they have all seen better days. I needed to spend 3 hours between my appointments at the nearby Liverpool Royal Hospital and this park was the nearest. We had brought our dog so needed to give him a good walk but even when parking up we saw a few dodgy looking characters. We decided to into the walled garden and immediately saw a man with 2 Pitbull type dogs one which was off the lead so took a path away from him. Walking through the sad remains of a once great estate neglected and unloved with signs of drug use and graffiti everywhere is not my idea of a spending time in a relaxed environment. Calling it a botanic garden is very misleading we were expecting a Kew type garden but it's just a green space for the locals which I'm sure they enjoy.

  • 4/5 david N. 1 year ago on Google
    Walked around the walled garden, you can see how beautiful it was in the past. Ruined buildings every where, shame it has been to left to rack and ruin, such a shame.

  • 5/5 Anu T. 1 year ago on Google
    It's large large and lovely park.you can jogging,play football, badminton etc.

  • 5/5 TTHTautumn 2 years ago on Google
    My favorite park. Beautiful

  • 5/5 George J. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice and clean park for day out with kids.

  • 3/5 Elaine H. 2 years ago on Google
    The walled garden at the Edge Lane end of the park is quite nice. The childrens playground was littered with broken glass and rubbish though, and a dealer was sitting at one of the nearby benches!

  • 3/5 Virgil B. 5 years ago on Google
    A nice place to relax and take a walk. I visit it in January so I am looking forward to see it in a different season.


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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