Rising dramatically from the Cheshire Plain, the Cheshire Sandstone Ridge is a unique landscape covering 230 sq km of rolling hills and sandstone escarpments, punctuated with glacial meres and mosses  and stretching from Frodsham in the north to Malpas in the south.   The Ridge attracts thousands of visitors every year, and recently the area has been shortlisted for potential Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) status. To support the process for obtaining AONB and to provide insights into who visits the Sandstone Ridge and why, the Sandstone Ridge Trust, in partnership with the University of Chester, is currently undertaking a Visitor Survey.   (This project is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund). The aim is simple – we need to get as large a sample as possible of people who visit the ridge,  but also importantly those who don’t.

The online survey takes around 5 minutes to complete, and the data gathered is entirely anonymous. Please click here to access the survey Sandstone Ridge Visitor Survey.  Deadline for completion is 30^th September 2024.

The final survey report and findings will be published in early 2025 on the Sandstone Ridge Trust Website: https://www.sandstoneridge.org.uk/

If you have any questions, please contact Dr Tim Brown or Dr Gozde Turktarhan at Sandstonesurvey@chester.ac.uk  

Sharon Angus-Crawshaw

Communications and Member Development Officer (Part-time)

Please note I do not work on Wednesdays