Duddon Heath

From Duddon Common to Duddon Mill.

Entrance to golf club form Willington Road just outside Oscroft.

This peaceful country road junction is quite different from the A51, Chester to Nantwich road, which is just around the corner ahead.

Here Burton Road goes to the left, heading for Duddon Heath, and Burton Lane to the right, heading for Duddon itself. Burton is behind the camera.

Viewed from Willington Road by the junction with Common Lane, which is seen in the photo.

This footpath leads off Common Lane in Duddon. After the stile it heads across the fields towards the minor lane near Duddon Mill.

The footpath towards Duddon Mill crosses the brook here with a bridge stile. The path then turns right to follow the general direction of the brook.

Viewed from Willington Road.

The footpath keeps close to the brook before crossing the stile.

Taken from the lay by near Okells Nurseries at Duddon Heath looking northwest towards Chester. Note the dead badger just behind the van and trailer.

The A51 at Duddon Heath heading southeast towards Tarporley.

This sinuous hedge is crossed by the footpath from Tarvin.

A typical Cheshire dairy farm.

An old pub on the A51 at Duddon. According to legend, a party of Crom­well's soldiers, engaged in hunt­ing down the Royalists in the Chester dis­trict visited Hocken­hull Hall but found that the family, fore­warned of the danger, had buried the silver and valu­ables and fled to safety. Only the faith­ful house­keeper Grace Twigg remained in charge of the Hall. The soldiers questioned her about the hiding place of the valuables, and when she refused to tell, they be­headed her. Tradition says that after­wards her ghost was seen on numerous occasions, carrying her head under her arm and walking along the bridle path between Hockenhull Hall and the site of the "Inn of the Head­less Woman."

Wooden sculpture of the "headless woman" outside the pub of the same name SJ5164 : The Headless Woman, Duddon.