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Delamere Forest Park


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About Delamere Forest Park

Welcome to Delamere, a shady oasis in the midst of the agricultural landscape of the Cheshire Plain.

Delamere Forest is Cheshire's largest area of woodland and is a place for families to let off steam, escape the crowds and find peace in the heart of the forest.

Delamere offers great walking and cycling along with a cafe and Information centre as well as a learning programme for schools visiting the forest. For the more adventurous there is a fantastic Go Ape high ropes trail.

To find us from A556, turn opposite the Abbey Arms on to the B5152 (Station road). Whitefield car park is about 2 miles along the road, on the right, past Delamere Caravan site.

There are several car parks which can be used to access the forest as well as a train service operated by Northern Rail which runs between Chester and Manchester.

Enjoying the Go Ape experience in Delamere Forest ParkDelamere is also a haven for wildlife including the beautiful small tortoiseshell butterfly, greater spotted woodpecker, white faced darter dragonfly, green woodpecker, siskin and southern hawker dragonfly.

For more information about Delamere visit our Delamere Forest Park pages

How to get there:

Linmere, Northwich, and Delamere are the nearest towns or villages.

Situated approximately 10 miles from the outskirts of Chester and close to the M56. The forest park is well sign posted from the A54, A556 and B5152.

BY RAIL

Delamere station is situated on the outskirts of the forest and is a 5 minute walk from the Visitor centre.

OS Grid Reference: SJ546712
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

Start your visit from:

Whitefield Car Park
Linmere Information Centre
Group walking under pines on a trail at Delamere

Facilities:

ToiletsParking ChargeInformationEasy AccessRefreshments

Activities:

WalkingCyclingHorse RidingWildlife ActivitiesPicnicEducationalView Point

Contact:

Delamere Information Centre

01606 889792
e-mail: delamere@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

User Comments

Name: Catherine Welsby
22/Jan/2010
Dear J. McElwaine,
Thank you for your comments regarding our Christmas actvities.
The Christmas grotto was changed this year to better incorporate school groups who visit Father Christmas during the week. This year we introduced a tree- related story to the school groups to help improve their visit.
In order to do this we increased the size of the grotto space and changed the way the queue worked for the weekend. We included the same displays as last year around the edge of the space.
We are going to look again at how the grotto works for next year for the general public.
Thank you for your comments which we will take into consideration.
Name: Anonymous
18/Jan/2010
The wood is very well kept all the paths are clear an there is so much space for children to explore.
Name: J Mcelwaine (1 Star)
21/Dec/2009
We have been to see santa at Delamere for the past few years and always enjoyed it. We have never minded the waiting time, as it has always been worth the wait. Until this year that is, which was a great disapointment!!
We found that the prices had gone up and everything taken out of the grotto. We were left waiting in a vertually empty room.
We travel a long way to get there and now with the changes we will be finding somewhere closer next year, as its not worth the time.
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