🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
7 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Saints WayWalking route148 km▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named routeRef TSWLength 148 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Hanchurch Walk (Green)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
🚴
Cycling
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3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Silverdale GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 551National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 551Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route930 m▾
Named routeRef 551Length 930 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
🐴
Horse riding
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6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Agger Hillbyway open to all traffic · 181 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 181 mSurface hardcorePath type: track
Hollywood Lanebyway open to all traffic · 17 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 17 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Hollywood Lanebyway open to all traffic · 870 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 870 mSurface grassPath type: track
Agger Hillbyway open to all traffic · 130 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 130 mSurface hardcorePath type: track
Agger Hillbyway open to all traffic · 50 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 50 mSurface hardcorePath type: track
