Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.06640, -2.86425
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Chiffchaff +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Chiffchaff +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Meadow Brown, Orange-tip +46 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Marches WayWalking route▾
Rose Farm DEFRA Conservation WalksWalking route▾
Dee WayWalking route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
River to RidgeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
The River Dee near Crewe Hill
Photos
The River Dee near Crewe Hill
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus2024Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024BumblebeeBombus2024BumblebeeBombus2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorBrevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicae2025Brevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicae2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024mayfliesEphemeroptera2024mayfliesEphemeroptera2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2024Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Events & activities nearby
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