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Dowel Cave

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📷 Brian Deegan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

53.20539, -1.88827

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Dead Moll's Fingers, Coral Spot, Sycamore Tarspot +150 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Dead Moll's Fingers, Coral Spot, Sycamore Tarspot +150 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Wall, Painted Lady, Meadow Brown +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Meadow Crane's-bill, Harebell, Biting Stonecrop +171 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Meadow Crane's-bill, Harebell, Biting Stonecrop +171 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Wild Thyme +31 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Limestone WayWalking route74 km

Castleton to Rocester

Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Manifold TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km

Buxton to Northwich

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Cycleway (on road alternative)Cycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Monsal TrailCycling route
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Dowel Cave, Hollinsclough

📷 Brian Deegan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dowel Cave, Hollinsclough

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⛪St Bartholomew's ChurchReligious grounds2.9 km→🦉FERNEYDALE GRASSLANDNature reserve4.3 km→⛪Harpur Hill Methodist ChurchReligious grounds3.7 km→⛪St James' ChurchReligious grounds3.8 km→⛪Christ ChurchReligious grounds4.5 km→✦Solomon's TempleHistoric site4.7 km→

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