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Marbury Country Park

5 ha

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

53.27053, -2.50184

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Witton Mill Car Park 79m away — 12 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Mute Swan, Mallard +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mute Swan, Mallard +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Dryomyza anilis, Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Chinese Bramble · last seen 2025; Plants — Chinese Bramble · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km

Buxton to Northwich

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route
Named route
Saltscape TrailWalking route
Named route
Weaver WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire CircuitWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Laurelspublic footpath · 87 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 87 mPath type: residential
Heath Lanepublic footpath · 84 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 84 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
Cross Streetpublic footpath · 43 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mPath type: residential
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Cycling

68 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 573Cycling route
Named routeRef 573National Cycle Network
Biking the BackroadsCycling route
Named routeRef Biking the BackroadsLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route79 m
Named routeRef 5Length 79 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Carey Park - Marbury Lane car park

📷 Stephen Craven · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Carey Park - Marbury Lane car park

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Useful places within 5 km

🌱Marbury Country ParkUrban park1.8 km→✦Lion Salt Works and remains of part of the Alliance Salt WorksHistoric site700 m→🌱Griffiths ParkUrban park1.7 km→✦Anderton Boat Lift, aqueduct, basins, meter building, toll houses and buried remains of salt chutes, inclined planes, the east basin and dockside featuresHistoric site1.9 km→🌱Barons QuayUrban park1.1 km→🌱Apple Market PlaceUrban park1.4 km→

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