Wybunbury Moss NNR Boardwalk - Wybunbury, Cheshire.
N 53° 02.882 W 002° 26.877
30U E 537006 N 5877756
A boardwalk that is located at Wybunbury Moss National Nature Reserve.
Waymark Code: WMWVFK
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/17/2017
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Wybunbury Moss is a National Nature Reserve (NNR) and is located 4 miles south of Crewe, near to the village of Wybunbury.
There is a trail which circles the reserve and a boardwalk which lets you cross safely through the marshy area. A 'You Are Here' map is located near to the board walk path that crosses boggy ground towards Wybunbury Tower and churchyard.
Wybunbury Moss is a rare example of a 'schwingmoor' a German word which means ‘swinging bog’
The floating nature of the Moss is thought to have been created by the subsidence of the underlying salt bearing rocks brought during the ice-age. Allowing the formation of the underground lake on which the peat raft floats. The subsidence in these rocks is thought to have occurred sometime in the last 5000 years.
"Wybunbury Moss together with its surrounding woodland, reedswamp and flower-rich meadows covers an area of approximately 16.5 hectares and forms one of England’s most unusual National Nature Reserves (NNR). The reserve was first designated in 1955 with further land acquisitions been added to the area between 1957 and 2009.
The Reserve is home to a rich variety of uncommon plants and animals that once would have occurred more widely in similar hollows across the Cheshire Plain. The reserve is owned and managed by Natural England to protect this unique site and its wildlife for future generations." Source: (
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