🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot
Best for
7 activities
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Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝
Family friendly
Good match
picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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3 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
Kidsgrove to Stoke RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling
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16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 551Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 551National Cycle Network
National Route 555Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 555National Cycle Network
Silverdale GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 551National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route43 m▾
Named routeRef 551Length 43 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route336 m▾
Named routeRef 551Length 336 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Horse riding
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1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
