Black Lake Nature Reserve

#7157 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Black Lake is a nature reserve in Delamere Forest, Cheshire, England. It lies in the southwestern corner of the forest, just south of the Manchester–Chester railway. It is managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust on behalf of the Forestry Commission, and as a Site of Special Scientific Interest is monitored by Natural England. ()

Elevation: 289 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°13'60"N, 2°41'40"W

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Nearby attractions include: Delamere Forest, Hatchmere, Eddisbury hill fort, Harmers Wood.

0.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cafe
Delamere Forest, Northwich
20 min walk • Delamere Forest is a large wood in the village of Delamere in Cheshire, England. The woodland, which is managed by Forestry England, covers an area of 972 hectares making it the largest area of woodland in the county.
1.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Hatchmere
34 min walk • Hatchmere is a small mere and nature reserve in Delamere Forest, southeast of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. It is also the name of a hamlet near the village of Norley.
1.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Eddisbury hill fort
35 min walk • Eddisbury hill fort, also known as Castle Ditch, is an Iron Age hill fort near Delamere, Cheshire, in northern England. Hill forts are fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age.
3.7 miNW
Forest
Harmers Wood, Helsby
94 min walk • Harmers Wood is a small woodland with sandstone quarries in Helsby village in the north of Cheshire, England. It is a nine-acre woodland containing mainly silver birch trees with some oak and a smattering of holly trees, rowan, hawthorn and gorse.
3 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Baker Way
76 min walk • The Baker Way is a footpath running from Chester railway station to Delamere railway station within the English county of Cheshire. The total length of the trail is 13 miles. Its name commemorates the life and work of Jack Baker, a former footpaths officer for Cheshire County Council.
2 miSE
Church
St Peter's Church
52 min walk • St Peter's Church stands in an isolated position to the south of the village of Delamere, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.8 miSW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Andrew's Church, Tarvin
97 min walk • St Andrew's Church is in the village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
2.1 miS
Forts and castles
Kelsborrow Castle, Kelsall
55 min walk • Kelsborrow Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in Cheshire, northern England. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age.
3.2 miNW
Church
St John the Evangelist's Church
81 min walk • St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Alvanley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham.
2 miW
Church
St John the Evangelist's Church
51 min walk • St John the Evangelist's Church is located to the north of the village of Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester.
3.9 miSE
Church
Cotebrook
100 min walk • St John and the Holy Cross Church is in Stable Lane, Cotebrook, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican church in the parish of Tarporley, the deanery of Malpas, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. It is a daughter church of St Helen, Tarporley with St Thomas, Eaton.