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Dogging in Cheshire
From Delamere Forest and Alderley Edge to Broxton, Shakerley Mere and the country parks of Stockport, the county's best-known dogging spots, with a map for each.
Cheshire takes in Chester, Warrington, Crewe, Macclesfield, Northwich, Winsford, Wilmslow, Congleton and Knutsford, with forests, meres, country parks and canals in between, which gives it a long list of dogging spots. We have included Stockport and Tameside too, as plenty of people still think of them as Cheshire. The Wirral spots, from New Brighton and the Gunsite to Thurstaston and Heswall, are on our Merseyside page.
There is a map for every spot, and the ones you reach on foot have a what3words address as well. Many of them are busy with walkers and families in the day, so the notes say the times to aim for. Places change, so treat each one as a starting point.
Chester and West Cheshire
Around Chester the spots run from an old retail car park and the canal side in the city to the river at Eccleston, the Dee estuary at Parkgate and a busy picnic area on the A41 at Broxton.
Old Matalan car park, Sealand Road
Since the store closed the entrance has been blocked with concrete blocks, but people still park on the road and walk into the car park. There is something going on most days of the week, from around midnight on weeknights, and weekend evenings are always the best.
Dean's Field and the canal side, Chester
Reached from the Chester canal towpath, with bushes and plenty of covered corners. The canal side between Telford's Warehouse and the Cheyney Road bridge is used too. Leave the car nearby and walk in; it is only really busy late, after 11pm, mostly single men with a few couples.
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Lay-by by the old Chester Zoo entrance
Just past the old zoo entrance, before the bridge, there is a small, secluded lay-by. It never gets very busy, but it is worth a visit, especially on weekend evenings after 10pm and around midnight.
Car park off Dunkirk Lane
A large car park off Dunkirk Lane that only gets busy in the evenings, after about 10pm.
Eccleston Ferry, by the Dee
Head out of Chester past West Cheshire College, then down the hill to the little public car park by the river. It gets busy with couples and singles after 10pm.
The Boathouse car park, Parkgate
The car park by the Boathouse on the Parkgate front. It gets going around 10pm and again as people leave the pub.
Denhall Lane, Burton
A narrow country lane with a few passing places running down towards the marshes. Not loads of action, but couples park up along it in the evenings, waiting for people to watch or join in, and it can be good around midnight.
Broxton picnic area, A41
Just off the Broxton roundabout on the A41, and one of the best-known spots in the county for decades. Couples, groups and singles use it, along with lorry drivers parked up for the night, who are often keen to join in, and on busy nights there can be fifteen cars here.
Bickerton Hill car park
A secluded car park set back in the woods on Bickerton Hill, with a moderate amount going on.
Delamere Forest, Northwich and Winsford
In the middle of the county Delamere Forest has several big car parks, and around Northwich and Winsford there are country parks, meadows and riverside spots.
Whitefield car park, Delamere Forest
A big rural car park surrounded by tall trees and woods. There is some action during the day, but the evenings are best, especially at weekends, when there can be groups.
Delamere Forest Centre car park
The main car park at the Forest Centre, and the busiest in the forest, with visitors and dog walkers all day, so not much happens in the car park itself. It is locked at 8pm every evening, so use it for daytime meets: park up and head off into the woods to find the action.
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Road to Delamere station
The small road leading up to Delamere station, on the B5152, gets busy later in the evening at weekends, with couples on Friday nights.
Little Budworth Country Park
A good amount goes on both in the car park and in the heath and woods around it. There are toilets, but the car park is locked at night, so it is one for daytime meets.
Marbury Country Park, Northwich
The country park car park, with the mere and a bird hide a short walk away. Friday and Saturday nights are the ones to go for.
Newbridge swing bridge, Winsford
Drive past the salt mine and over the Newbridge swing bridge to a small parking area by the river. Mostly couples swapping, with groups usually at weekends.
Rilshaw Meadows, Winsford
A small car park for Rilshaw Meadows, off Rilshaw Lane. There is some action in the day, but the car park closes at 5pm, so after that people head into the meadows instead.
Shakerley Mere, Allostock
There are two car parks by the mere, between Holmes Chapel and Northwich: the main one by the M6, and a second off the Mobberley road just before the motorway bridge. Families and dog walkers use it in the daytime, so it is best after dark, when both car parks are quiet and secluded. There are toilets, but they are not always open.
Warrington, Widnes, Lymm and Sale
Around Warrington the spots are lanes beside the motorways, a forest park and riverside country park, with canal-side car parks out towards Lymm, Dunham Massey and Sale.
Wrights Lane, Burtonwood
A secluded lane with trees on one side and a business park on the other. Part of it is closed to cars, so you may need to park at the end and walk a little way. It usually gets going around 10pm, and late afternoons and early evenings are popular with couples who like to be watched.
Silver Lane, Culcheth
A small road running alongside the M62, with trees and bushes on both sides for cover. Lorry drivers on a break, couples and single men use it at most times of day, and Saturday nights are good.
Birchwood Forest Park car park
Not much happens in the daytime, but things pick up once it is dark, and there is usually something going on in the woods around it.
Newton Lane, Preston on the Hill
A lay-by on Newton Lane, off Summer Lane, with woods nearby. It doesn't see loads of action, but a few couples come at weekends who are happy to be watched.
Pickering's Pasture, Widnes
A free car park beside the Mersey, open all night, but it is popular with dog walkers, so the action only really starts around 10pm. There are plenty of paths for daytime meets.
Finlan Road, Widnes
Halfway up Finlan Road on the left, a quiet car park tucked away between two sets of units, best on Friday and Saturday nights after 9pm.
Stage Lane, Lymm
A small car park on Stage Lane, about a hundred yards from the turning off Mill Lane. Dog walkers use it until dusk; after that, stay in the secluded car park or walk over the canal bridge to the wooded area with benches. Wednesday and Friday nights are the best.
Trans Pennine Trail car park, Dunham Massey
From the Rope and Anchor turn left, then right at the end of the road, and the small car park for the Trans Pennine Trail is about ten metres on the right. Easy to miss and very private, and good with couples in the evenings.
Sale Water Park
A dark car park on the left of the track, surrounded by bushes. A very popular, secluded spot, mostly couples who like to be watched and sometimes let others join in.
Wilmslow, Knutsford and Macclesfield
In the north-east of the county there are lanes by Manchester Airport, the woods of Alderley Edge, lakes at Redesmere and Poynton, and hill car parks above Macclesfield.
Newgate Nature Reserve, Wilmslow
The old tip site at Newgate is now a nature reserve, with plenty of land and lots of quiet corners. Couples and gay men use it, and it is busy most evenings.
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The Carrs, Wilmslow
The second car park at the Styal end of the Carrs, near Twinnies Bridge, with woodland and riverside paths all round it.
Lady Lane, Mobberley
A dead-end lane near the end of the airport's second runway, good for couples, with bridleways off into the fields on a nice evening. Wood Lane, on the other side of the runway, has lay-bys too, best on Friday and Saturday nights.
Alderley Edge car park
One of the best-known spots in the county. You now have to pay to park and the gates are shut at night, so the car park is for daytime meets, but there are toilets, and the woods, the Stone Circle and the Golden Stone are all within reach.
Redesmere, Siddington
There are a few places around the lake: the sailing club car park and the area around it, and the public parking with benches along the lane. Both get a good amount of action, and the second can get lively with groups at weekends.
Poynton Pool
Turn off the A523 and almost straight into the car park off Anglesey Drive. There is fun to be had in the car park, the wooded area or along the lake; dog walkers are about in the day, but it is very quiet at night.
Macclesfield Forest car park
Free and open all hours, and popular both in the car park and in the forest around it.
Tegg's Nose car park
A discreet car park well away from town, on three levels: turn right for the far end and the picnic tables, or left for a second area, and further left again for a lower level hidden behind the trees.
Lay-bys on the Macclesfield to Congleton road
Heading out of Macclesfield towards Congleton, the lay-bys on the right after the Gawsworth crossroads have woods beside them. Couples and gay and bi men, with a good atmosphere, and busy after dark.
Crewe, Nantwich and Congleton
In the south of the county there are parks and car parks around Crewe, a heath near Nantwich, and the hills of Mow Cop and Timbersbrook outside Congleton.
Car park off Crewe Road, Crewe Green
Just off Crewe Green Road, turn onto Crewe Road and there is a large car park. A very active spot, and there is nearly always someone there.
Queens Park, Crewe
A big park with no single meeting place: start in the car park, or take a walk round, and you soon find out where people are. It gets muddy after rain.
Wistaston Green Road car park
Turn off Middlewich Road at the Rising Sun and follow Wistaston Green Road for about a mile: where the road dips, the public car park is on the right just before a bridge. Very dark and out of sight of houses, with a gate and a path off into the dark, best around midnight.
Sound Common car park
A small car park off New Town Road, with good action day and night in the summer months. It gets very muddy in wetter weather, with big puddles, so it is quieter then.
Back Lane playing fields, Congleton
The unlit car park for the playing fields, easy to get to, and busy after 9pm, usually with couples looking to swap.
Timbersbrook picnic area
A car park and picnic area outside Congleton. The car park is sometimes locked at night, mostly in the winter, but there is good action in the summer months.
Mow Cop Castle
There is a small car park by the castle, which closes at 5pm, for daytime meets; in the evenings, park on the road and walk up to the castle. Usually couples looking for people to watch.
Stockport and Tameside
Stockport was part of Cheshire until 1974 and many still think of it that way, so its spots are here too: country parks along the river valleys, a lay-by and the quarry car park on Werneth Low.
Chadkirk Country Park
A large country park off Dooley Lane. In the daytime most of the action is in the car park and toilets; in the evening the secluded lane and picnic areas are best, and you can easily see anyone coming.
Reddish Vale Country Park
Plenty happens in the car park in the evenings. For daytime meets, park up and wander along the paths into the woods.
Abney Park, Cheadle
Abney Park is surrounded by trees and hidden paths and is never locked, so it can be used at any time of day or night, but watch out for dog walkers.
Offerton Road lay-by
A lay-by on Offerton Road with a decent amount of cover from the main road, used mainly by couples and lorry drivers, and busy most days once it gets dark.
Quarry car park, Werneth Low
The Quarry car park on Werneth Low, with couples and gay men in the evenings. It is popular with dog walkers, especially at weekends in the daytime, so it is only busy once it gets dark.
Before you go
Walkers and dog walkers use most of these places in daylight, so aim for later. Turn up quietly, respect everyone else who is about, and take your litter home.
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