Did you know that Lindow Common in Wilmslow features one of the world’s most threatened habitats?
The importance of Lindow’s heathland is such that it has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Local Nature Reserve (LNR)
Positive management is vital in the preservation and enhancement of heathland. In 2001, the former Macclesfield Borough Council received a special commendation from English Nature, the government-funded body which overseas nationally important wildlife sites, in recognition of its management of Lindow Common.
As well as areas of heather, visitors can appreciate the other habitats, which add to the Common’s richness – a fringe of woodland, wet mires and Black Lake.
A surfaced path offers easy access to Black Lake and informal paths criss-cross the site.
The famous ’Lindow Man’ was discovered in a nearby peat bog.
Please use the Transport Direct search to get directions from your postcode to Lindow Common. The Car park is opposite Boddington and Dragon (Map Ref: SJ834814). Nearest bus stop: Altrincham Road. Lindow Common is 2km from Wilmslow Train Station. The nearest postcode if using a Satellite Navigation system is SK9 5NQ .
Lowland Heath, Mires, Black Lake, Water Voles, Common Lizards, Dragon and Damselflies, Bird Species.
Heather cutting, Heath restoration (including woodland management), blue-green algae management, short rotation coppicing.
Please do not feed the wildfowl.
