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Long Walk Covert

52 ha

📷 David Lewis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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BirdsWildlifeInsects
Free entryDogs welcome52 ha

Getting here

52.99831, -2.61148

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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

5 activities

Bird watching

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Grey Heron +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Reedbeds priority habitat; Birds — Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Grey Heron +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Furry-claspered Furrow Bee, Morellia simplex, Imantimyia albiseta +88 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Furry-claspered Furrow Bee, Morellia simplex, Imantimyia albiseta +88 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cheshire CircuitWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - Wem to WhitchurchWalking route25 km
Named routeRef ShW12aLength 25 kmRegional walking route
Weaver WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
South Cheshire WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 51kmRegional walking route
Marches WayWalking route
Named route
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Cycling

30 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Hamlets and HedgerowsCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route

National Byway route in Shropshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 451Cycling route
Named routeRef 451National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route370 m
Named routeRef 45Length 370 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Maize field near Combermere Abbey

📷 David Lewis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Maize field near Combermere Abbey

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦COMBERMERE ABBEYHistoric site600 m→✦Wrenbury wooden lifting bridgeHistoric site3.3 km→🌱Wrenbury Playing FieldsUrban park3 km→🦉SOUND COMMONNature reserve4.5 km→⛪St Margaret's ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds3.2 km→

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