Nunsmere Hall Near Delimere Forest, Northwich

Queen of the Forests

Advantages: Gorgeous location, so much to see and do
Disadvantages: None!

I've lived in the Forest of Dean my whole life (nearly 33 years) and completely taken it for granted! It's really only been in the last few years, since we had our son, that we have started to enjoy our home, with it's breathtaking scenery, abundance of family activities and friendly atmposphere, so I thought I would share it all with you. Brace yourselves, it's a long one! Here comes the history bit! The Forest of Dean was firstly recognised by the Saxons and covers 110 square kilometers or 27000 acres of woodland. It is one of the few remaining Royal forests left in England and has a rich history as a favourite hunting ground for many of our historical kings. The vast amount of woodland is home to many animals and birds, but Forest pride is mainly given to the beautiful fallow deer. There are about 400 here, of which ...

watkins11 29.04.2008 (30.04.2008) · Read full review
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Magical forests

Advantages: idyllic, beautiful......plenty of woodland!!!
Disadvantages: quiet for those party people!!!

claim to fame was that i nearly ran over Billie Piper whilst speeding through Ellwood!! Well i didn't expect a great big film crew round the corner did i!!! For more info on Clearwell caves please visit their website www.clearwellcaves.co.uk - Puzzle Wood Again this is in Coleford, and a very fun day out for all the family....as the name suggests it's a very enchanting 14 acre wood featuring mazes and a pre roman open iron ore mine. There are also farm animals of all kinds for the kids to pet and drool over!!! - Beechenhurst Lodge This is one of the very many popular sites in the forest. As the name suggests it's a lodge (cafe and art gallery) in the middle of the woods!! The main fetaure of Beechenhurst is the "sculpture trail" This is a series of trails featuring amazing sculptures from vaious artists at certain points. It fetaures ...

wellibelli 19.11.2006 (26.11.2006) · Read full review
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I saw some Monkey Business in the Forest!

Advantages: Fascinating to watch monkeys at close quarters
Disadvantages: Poorly designed facilities, cafe expensive, not a whole day's experience

With two kids and a mother in law to entertain during the Summer holidays we decided to take our little monkeys out for a trip in the forest. Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire is within half an hour's drive of my home town, so it's a place that we've visited on several occasions now. The concept is apparantly unique within the UK as the forest is home to over 140 Barbary Macaque monkeys who are free to roam as they please, within the grounds of a 60 acre enclosure. On arrival On previous visits, we've just walked straight through to the kiosk and purchased our tickets but on our last visit (mid-August, so at the peak of children's summer holidays) we found two lengthy queues at the entrance. Even more annoying was the discovery that we'd joined the 'cash only' queue which was indicated by a sign that was only visible ...

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