Delamere Forest the Delamere Forest area would be rewetted as part of Natural England's "Wetland Vision" scheme. Delamere Forest forms part of the Mersey Forest, an initiative to increase woodland coverage in areas close to urban communities. Nearly all the Forestry Commission land is open access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. A few small additional areas contiguous with the Forestry Commission land are also wooded. The Mid-Cheshire Railway Line runs east–west through Delamere Forest; Delamere railway station is located at , around ½ mile (800 m) from the Linmere Visitor Centre. The B5152 road runs north–south through
Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere who had made their fortune in Jamaica. The family seat was at Vale Royal Abbey. Baron Delamere died at age 75 in August 1887; and he was succeeded in the lands, estates and title by the son from his second marriage, Hugh Cholmondeley. Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere (; 3 October 1811 – 1 August 1887), styled The Honourable from 1821 until 1855, was a British peer and politician. Hugh Colmondeley was the eldest son of Thomas Cholmondeley. His mother was Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn, the granddaughter of Prime Minister George Grenville. Baron Delamere was an