Our next visit will be the first time that we have visited Grin Low Woods & Buxton Country Park and it is always good to ring the changes.

Grin Low Woods was planted in the early 19th Century by the Duke of Devonshire to screen the quarrying and the production lime taking place on the hillside since the 16th Century so it is a former industrialised landscape. It's also the site of Poole's Cavern and Solomon's Temple, the latter a folly built in the late-19th century on top of a bronze age barrow, Grin Low Woods and Buxton Country Park is a protected SSSI, celebrated for its biodiversity. The woodlands and particularly the wildflower glades are rich in wildflowers. It opens out to close cropped limestone grassland where we have been told Grass of Parnassus flowers.

Please meet at New Mills Coop car park to car share for a prompt 10.00am start.

Please let Fred & Dave know if you are attending.

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