Snow on the frozen lake at Hatchmere Nature Reserve in Delamere Forest Park, southeast of Frodsham, Cheshire, England on the last day of February 2018
Delamere Forest or Delamere Forest Park is a large wood near the town of Frodsham in Cheshire, England. The woodland, which is managed by the Forestry Commission, covers an area of 972 hectares (2,400 acres) making it the largest area of woodland in the county. It contains a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees Delamere, which means "forest of the lakes", is all that remains of the great Forests of Mara and Mondrem which covered over 60 square miles (160 km2) of this part of Cheshire Hatchmere is a small lake and nature reserve in Delamere Forest. It lies within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and is managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust The mere is a good example of a kettle hole, of which there are several in the Delamere area. Some are flooded as here whilst others are dry or contain peat mosses. The mere originated as a detached mass of glacial ice melted in situ towards the end of the last ice age
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Location: Hatchmere Nature Reserve in Delamere Forest, southeast of Frodsham, Cheshire, England
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