Black Lake Nature Reserve

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.

Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Body of water
Description: park in United Kingdom
Also known as: “Black Lake”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Delamere railway station and Eddisbury hill fort.

Delamere railway station

Railway station

Photo: Neil Kennedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Delamere railway station opened on 22 June 1870. It serves both the village of Delamere and Delamere Forest in Cheshire, England. The station is 9½ miles east of Chester on the Mid-Cheshire Line. Delamere railway station is situated 1¼ miles east of Black Lake Nature Reserve.

Eddisbury hill fort

Archaeological site

Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.

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. Eddisbury hill fort is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Black Lake Nature Reserve.

Mouldsworth railway station

Railway station

Photo: Alan Godfree, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mouldsworth railway station serves the village of Mouldsworth, in Cheshire, England. The station has two platforms and is a stop on the Mid Cheshire Line, which runs between Manchester Piccadilly and Chester. Mouldsworth railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Black Lake Nature Reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Delamere Forest and Manley.

Delamere Forest

Locality

Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Manley

Village

Photo: Alan Godfree, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Manley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of England. Manley is situated 2 miles west of Black Lake Nature Reserve.

Mouldsworth

Village

Photo: Mike Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mouldsworth is a small rural village and civil parish set within the Cheshire countryside near Chester in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Mouldsworth is situated 2 miles west of Black Lake Nature Reserve.

Black Lake Nature Reserve

Category: park
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.23322° or 53° 13′ 60″ north

Longitude

-2.6942° or 2° 41′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C5V68M4+78

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35576170

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

Wikidata ID

Q4921145

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