Description
Queen's Park is a public park in Crewe. There are several paths throughout the park, all well paved and suitable for wheelchair use. There are also lots of benches. The paths allow very close access to an artificial 4.5 acre lake (1) where you can see a large variety of waterfowl: lyska černá (sometimes with a colour ring), Slípka zelenonohá, kachna divoká, labuť velká, volavka popelavá, kormorán velký, racek stříbřitý, racek žlutonohý. During winter months large flocks of racek chechtavý are gathering here. morčák velký, kachnička mandarinská, racek bouřní and others can often be seen.
The lawn is often busy with berneška velká. In summer they often form big kindergarden groups of many goslings. berneška bělolící can sometimes be seen with the other geese.
A shallow valley, known as the ‘Coronation Valley’ (2), runs north/south through the north-west quarter of the Park, with its small man-made stream where kos černý, stehlík obecný and other birds are often seen bathing. There are also several bird-feeders along the route that attract sýkora koňadra, sýkora modřinka, brhlík lesní, sýkora uhelníček, červenka obecná, pěvuška modrá, straka obecná and others.
The paths g othrough a landscape planted with a variety of trees and shrubs where one can find sojka obecná, zvonek zelený, holub doupňák, šoupálek dlouhoprstý and even a sýček obecný. In winter the park is visited by drozd kvíčala, drozd cvrčala and in some years by dlask tlustozobý.
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Access
Queen's Park is located in Crewe, west from the town center. You can park in the car park (indicated with P on the map) or along Queen's Park Drive that circles around the park. National Cycle Route 451 from Crewe to Nantwich goes through the park. The park is also accessible by bus from Crewe town center. The circular walking route shown on the map is about 1.7 km.


