Discover Pickmere: Mere, Walks and Historical Traces

Pickmere combines a distinctive lakeside landscape with historical traces that can be discovered in different ways during a visit. The Mere, paths beside the water and characterful buildings give the place a clear identity. For families and other travellers, the main question is whether the stay should focus more on landscape and activity or on architectural and local history.

The Mere and its distinctive landscape character

A small part of the Pickmere planning area around and including Pick Mere belongs to the landscape character type “Wooded Estates and Meres”. This classification draws attention to the interplay between water and a predominantly wooded landscape. Pickmere is also designated as an SBI, meaning a Site of Biological Importance.

The formation of the Mere is apparently linked to three hollows created by subsidence, which filled with water. Together, these hollows reached depths of up to 40 feet in places. Geological details like these give a walk by the water an additional narrative dimension: the lake is not only a destination along a route, but also a place with an unusual story of origin.

Walks from Mere Lane

Footpath 01 begins at the end of Mere Lane. A Jacobs Way signpost and a standard footpath signpost mark the start. Footpath FP01 descends from Mere Lane to the lake along a surfaced road. This makes it possible to plan the route around a clearly named starting point without assuming a particular walking time or level of difficulty.

From Footpath 01, a permitted route continues around the lake. Footpath 01 carries on around the lake via a bridge. Travellers with different interests can treat the route to the water as a section in its own right or include the continuation around the Mere in their day’s plans. The specific route details therefore help with deciding whether the visit should focus more on exploring the landscape or on combining the route with local history.

Historical traces in the village

Cob Lodge was a toll keeper’s house around 1800 and is also a local landmark. The building also has a historical connection with Pickmere Hall Farm. For travellers interested in the development of rural settlements, Cob Lodge is therefore a notable point of reference within the village’s history.

Mereview Farm also bears visible historical signs. A datestone bears the inscription “R E 1773”. The building consists of red brickwork in Flemish bond with natural stone dressings. The datestone, brick bond and materials make Mereview Farm an example of how local history can be read through individual buildings. Together with Cob Lodge, it creates a cultural focus that can be readily connected in thought with the landscape around the Mere.

Which accommodation suits your travel plans?

When looking for a holiday apartment or holiday cottage in Pickmere, you can first establish your preferred focus for the visit. Those who mainly want to spend time around the Mere can take into account the start of Footpath 01 at Mere Lane and the continuation described across the bridge and around the lake. Those who appreciate historical details can include Cob Lodge and Mereview Farm as themes for their own exploration. In this way, the choice of accommodation is linked to the desired way of spending the stay, without assuming anything about the features, location or availability of individual properties.

If you would then like to compare other places, you can find the available destinations here: Beeston, Upton, Rowton, Alsager, Preston Brook, Crewe, Kelsall and Ellesmere Port.

For the overview of the wider area: Cheshire.