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Hook's Rough

4 ha

📷 Mike Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

53.06644, -2.79243

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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
  • 🌿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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Dunnock +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Dunnock +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Dandelion +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Peacock, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +70 more · last seen 2023

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Dandelion +115 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Dandelion +115 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Sandstone TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Marches WayWalking route
Named route
Raw HeadWalking route
Named route
Rose Farm DEFRA Conservation WalksWalking route
Named route
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Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
River to RidgeCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km
Named routeRef 45Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.8 km
Named routeRef 45Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Walking in Cheshire - track that thinks it's a pond

📷 Mike Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Walking in Cheshire - track that thinks it's a pond

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Maiden Castle promontory fort on Bickerton Hill 700m west of Hill FarmHistoric site2.8 km→✦Maiden CastleHistoric site2.8 km→✦Medieval settlement and part of field system at Castletown FarmHistoric site3.3 km→✦Medieval and post-medieval settlement remains and associated field system immediately east of Overton HallHistoric site4.2 km→✦Neolithic CaveHistoric site1.4 km→✦Mud HillHistoric site3.3 km→

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