Our 2024 report is now available showing what the group got up to that year including our bat monitoring programme, south path...

This showcases photos of the wood taken during the year. The images in the calendar are shown below. The Calendar has been printed as a...

Our 2023 report is now available showing what the group got up to in 2023 including our new bat monitoring programme, south path...

This showcases photos of the wood taken during the year. The images in the calendar are shown below. The Calendar has been printed as a...

2022 was a busy year for Hob Hey Wood Friends Group. A document reviewing the group's activities, from guided walks, talks, habitat...

The 2023 Hob Hey Wood calendar is now available! This showcases photos of the wood taken during the year. The images in the calendar are...

The 2022 Hob Hey Wood calendar is now available! This showcases photos of the wood taken during the year. The images in the calendar are...

Hob Hey Wood contains a huge array of plants and fungi, some of which are edible, some of which are extremely toxic. Here, I want to...

On Sunday 23rd May, Hob Hey Wood Friends Group reaches its third birthday. Yes, our group is three years’ old. It all started at a...

Elm were one of the most common trees in Britain, these majestic trees towered to about 100 feet in height, their broad crowns dominating...

Winter may seem a very quiet time for woodland but in reality, there is plenty to see. Hundreds of migrant birds join our native species...

*** Update: we have sold our stock of Hob Hey Wood 2021 calendars! *** Dandelion, in Frodsham, may still have a few copies if you'd...

Join us for a walk in Hob Hey Wood enjoying all of the sights the autumn season has to offer. The wood can be very muddy after rain so...

Thick creamy petals; A soft, velvet nap to each; Frilled edges overlap. A garland To the lost majesty of its host; A giant, as before,...

The sparrowhawk is one of the three most common birds of prey in Britain but unlike the soaring buzzard and hovering kestrel, it is...

As any visitor to Hob Hey will know, the wood contains some very large trees. Some of these trees are very old, too. As trees age, they...

A wooded glen, A secret way between the hedges. Once there, in the gentle embrace of the hollow, Beneath the soft shelter of the trees,...

Limited parking is available on Townfield Lane and Langdale Way (shown as ‘P’ on the map). fast pace, it could be covered in about 45...

The Woodland Trust has a scheme called 'Free trees for schools and communities'. They have thousands of trees to give away to schools and...

Bats are ancient creatures, evolving into the only mammals that can fly over 50 million years ago and have spread to every continent...