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Strawberry Wood

17 ha

📷 David C Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha

Getting here

53.22544, -2.29103

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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
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Coot +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Coot +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Messuage Lane Nature WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

South Cheshire Market Towns TrailWalking route67 km

Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route

Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km

Buxton to Northwich

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Route 573Cycling route

Named routeRef 573National Cycle Network

Route 71Cycling route

Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route

Cheshire Cheese LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Cheshire Cheese LoopLocal cycle route

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route496 m

Named routeRef 71Length 496 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

6,649 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,649 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mallard · Canada Goose · Coot · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose +44

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
JayGarrulus glandarius
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata

🦌

Mammals7 species

springwinter

2026

Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Bat · Rabbit · Badger +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BatChiroptera2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,649 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mallard · Canada Goose · Coot · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose +44

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TealAnas crecca
GadwallMareca strepera
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
JayGarrulus glandarius
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata

🦌

Mammals7 species

springwinter

2026

Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Bat · Rabbit · Badger +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BatChiroptera2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David C Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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