Cheshire East Countryside Ranger Service
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We develop, enhance and protect the countryside and urban sites within Cheshire East, while promoting the use of the Council’s outdoor recreational facilities. Find out more cheshireeast.gov.uk/rangers
New Footpath Open – Public Footpath Wardle No. 17 links a former cul-de-sac into the wider network, with scenic Sandstone Ridge views. From Bird’s Lane towards Wardle. Huge thanks to the landowner, Peak & Northern Footpath Society & South Cheshire Ramblers www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/prow
Upcoming event: Timbersbrook Explorer, Tuesday 20th October. A 6 mile circular walk exploring the Biddulph Valley Way, Dane-in-Shaw Pasture SSSI and local public rights of way before heading up to the top of Bosley Cloud. Booking essential - https://bit.ly/4rVEP3E
Timbersbrook Explorer
A 10km (6 mile) circular walk starting from Timbersbrook Picnic Area, exploring the Biddulph Valley Way, Dane-in-Shaw Pasture and more
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Upcoming event - Friday, 16 October - Nature Journalling: An Exploration of Your Senses at Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve. Join Anna, from Writing with Purpose, for a guided nature journalling walk through Brereton Heath. Booking essential https://bit.ly/4ATVBUV
Nature Journalling: An Exploration of Your Senses at Brereton Heath
Learn about journalling in nature by slowing down, stepping away from the noise of everyday life and enjoying quiet time to reflect.
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Site highlight: Dane-In-Shaw Pasture SSSI. The pasture is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to it being a grassland of national importance. Walk through the Pasture in the Spring and Summer and it is easy to see why this site is so special - https://bit.ly/2p8Ckjo
Upcoming practical event: Battling the Birch Two - 14 October. Help the Bollin Valley Partnership Rangers & our friends from Mersey Rivers Trust, to clear the birch trees from Lindow Common & make birch bundles for use on other sites as riverbank protection. Booking essential. https://bit.ly/4rGZ0lM
Battling the Birch at Lindow Common
We're joining the Bollin Valley Partnership to help conserve the special habitat within Lindow Common by removing self-seeded Birch.
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Half term holiday Halloween fun 🎃 Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve Halloween Trail - 24th October to 1st November. Pick up a map from near the car park and get searching around the park 👻
Upcoming event: Plein Air Painting Workshop: Autumn Colour - 16 October. Join Northern Realist for a Plein Air painting workshop at Tegg's Nose Country Park. In each workshop, experienced professional painter will help you capture a different aspect of landscape painting https://bit.ly/4dfRFnn
Plein Air Painting Workshop: Autumn Colour
A workshop at Tegg's Nose Country Park. Learn about mixing the warm colours of autumn and capturing its atmosphere in your landscape painting.
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The Bollin Valley Longhorn conservation grazing cattle have been having their routine hoof trim. Hoof trimming has many benefits from preventing lameness & infection to all round cow comfort. The specialist trailer ensures that the cow is comfortable, whilst protecting the vet.
Upcoming event: RIPS CIC Holiday Club - October Half Term. Outdoor Adventure Activities for Children during the School Holidays! Climbing, Abseiling, Paddle sports and more. Book your places before 1st October, using code EARLY_10_OCT, for a 10% discount! https://bit.ly/4iMFF0f
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RIPS CIC 'Holiday Club' - October 2026 – Tegg's Nose Country Park, Mon 26 Oct 2026 - Fri 30 Oct 2026 - Outdoor Adventure Activities for Children during the School Holidays! A great way to experience s...
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Upcoming event: Nature Needs You at Tegg's Nose Country Park - Saturday 10th October, 11am to 3pm. Join our friends from Macclesfield RSPB Wildlife Explorers, at Tegg's Nose Country Park, to celebrate Autumn & support our local wildlife! They'll be running lots of activities to help nature.
The latest exhibition at the Tegg's Nose Gallery is now open! 'Wildlife Wonders' by local photographer Issy Drake is open 9am to 4pm every day until the 14th of October. Combine your visit with a walk round the park and refreshment at The Nose Coffee 😁
Ranger Roger was working on the last section of a project to refresh the Public Right of Way steps down the slopes of Tegg's Nose Country Park. Teams from AstraZeneca, our regular volunteers & the Rangers have replaced rotten timber, reprofiled sections & added additional steps over the last 2 years
Upcoming practical event: Battling the Birch Two - 14 October. Help the Bollin Valley Partnership Rangers & our friends from Mersey Rivers Trust, to clear the birch trees from Lindow Common & make birch bundles for use on other sites as riverbank protection. Booking essential. https://bit.ly/4rGZ0lM
Battling the Birch at Lindow Common
We're joining the Bollin Valley Partnership to help conserve the special habitat within Lindow Common by removing self-seeded Birch.
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Site highlight: Poynton Coppice Local Nature Reserve. An attractive woodland rich in wildlife. It is thought to have been continuously wooded for thousands of years, so is classed as an ancient woodland - https://bit.ly/2wzpwpD
Upcoming event: Plein Air Painting Workshop: Autumn Colour - 16 October. Join Northern Realist for a Plein Air painting workshop at Tegg's Nose Country Park. In each workshop, experienced professional painter will help you capture a different aspect of landscape painting https://bit.ly/4dfRFnn
Plein Air Painting Workshop: Autumn Colour
A workshop at Tegg's Nose Country Park. Learn about mixing the warm colours of autumn and capturing its atmosphere in your landscape painting.
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The Gritstone Trail - 35 mile / 56km trail through Cheshire’s Peak District. Stride out along the Gritstone Trail and sample some of the finest walking in Cheshire. This is a more challenging route stretching from Disley to Kidsgrove - https://bit.ly/3w7RyTX
Upcoming event: RIPS CIC Holiday Club - October Half Term. Outdoor Adventure Activities for Children during the School Holidays! Climbing, Abseiling, Paddle sports and more. Book your places before 1st October, using code EARLY_10_OCT, for a 10% discount! https://bit.ly/4iMFF0f
Buy Tickets – RIPS CIC 'Holiday Club' - October 2026 – Tegg's Nose Country Park
RIPS CIC 'Holiday Club' - October 2026 – Tegg's Nose Country Park, Mon 26 Oct 2026 - Fri 30 Oct 2026 - Outdoor Adventure Activities for Children during the School Holidays! A great way to experience s...
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The Bollin Valley Partnership Longhorn cattle play a vital role, not only just by maintaining our countryside sites but improving them too. They provide conservation grazing which improves the biodiversity in the soils, flora and fauna within the areas they graze.
Upcoming event: Nature Needs You at Tegg's Nose Country Park - Saturday 10th October, 11am to 3pm. Join our friends from Macclesfield RSPB Wildlife Explorers, at Tegg's Nose Country Park, to celebrate Autumn & support our local wildlife! They'll be running lots of activities to help nature.
🍂 Picnic, Lightning: An Autumn Poetry Workshop 🍂 Spend an inspiring afternoon at Tegg's Nose with poet Jo Bell, exploring themes of autumn, learning & creativity through writing exercises, discussion & poetry 📅 4 October 2026 ⏰ 1pm-4pm 🎟️ £35 Places are limited. Book now - https://bit.ly/4cdPiRv
Picnic, Lightning: an autumn poetry workshop
Jo Bell leads an autumn poetry session bringing themes of maturity, readiness and learning to your poetry writing.
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Ranger Al and one of his volunteers have been doing some boundary fence repair and maintenance along the Salt Line this week. The trails have many miles of fencing, so there's a lot to maintain. Thanks as always to all our volunteers.
The latest exhibition at the Tegg's Nose Gallery is now open! 'Wildlife Wonders' by local photographer Issy Drake is open 9am to 4pm every day until the 14th of October. Combine your visit with a walk round the park and refreshment at The Nose Coffee 😁
Public Rights of Way are open all year round, making autumn a great time to explore. Please stay on the path, wear suitable footwear, take care on slippery surfaces and respect crops and livestock - Public Rights of Way Team (https://cheshireeast.gov.uk/prow)
Upcoming event: RIPS CIC Holiday Club - October Half Term. Outdoor Adventure Activities for Children during the School Holidays! Climbing, Abseiling, Paddle sports and more. Book your places before 1st October, using code EARLY_10_OCT, for a 10% discount! https://bit.ly/4iMFF0f
Buy Tickets – RIPS CIC 'Holiday Club' - October 2026 – Tegg's Nose Country Park
RIPS CIC 'Holiday Club' - October 2026 – Tegg's Nose Country Park, Mon 26 Oct 2026 - Fri 30 Oct 2026 - Outdoor Adventure Activities for Children during the School Holidays! A great way to experience s...
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Site highlight: Timbersbrook Picnic Area - A peaceful spot where families can picnic on the edge of young woodland. Water from Timbers Brook was once used to power the silk mill and the old Mill Pool is now a locally important breeding pond for toads - https://bit.ly/3pV9QqB
Upcoming event: Nature Needs You at Tegg's Nose Country Park - Saturday 10th October, 11am to 3pm. Join our friends from Macclesfield RSPB Wildlife Explorers, at Tegg's Nose Country Park, to celebrate Autumn & support our local wildlife! They'll be running lots of activities to help nature.
Site highlight: The Middlewood Way. A 10 mile (16km), traffic-free greenway from Macclesfield to Marple on the Peak Park fringe with car parking, toilets and information points, with fine views over the Cheshire Plain to the west - https://bit.ly/3xivd63
Not signed up for the Countryside Ranger Service Events Email Newsletter? Take a look at our October edition, that was sent out last night, via the link below - https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCHESHEC/bulletins/42c18e0
October 2026 events from Cheshire East Council Countryside Ranger Service
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🍂 Picnic, Lightning: An Autumn Poetry Workshop 🍂 Spend an inspiring afternoon at Tegg's Nose with poet Jo Bell, exploring themes of autumn, learning & creativity through writing exercises, discussion & poetry 📅 4 October 2026 ⏰ 1pm-4pm 🎟️ £35 Places are limited. Book now - https://bit.ly/4cdPiRv
Picnic, Lightning: an autumn poetry workshop
Jo Bell leads an autumn poetry session bringing themes of maturity, readiness and learning to your poetry writing.
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Bollin Valley Partnership Ranger Emma & our friends at Mersey Rivers Trust recently ran a river bank management day at The Carrs, in Wilmslow. Banks of willow, planted to help stop erosion, were pruned & then the resulting whips of willow were either replanted or woven back into the natural fencing.
