Parrot's Drumble

Its area is 12 hectares (30 acres). It is an ancient woodland, the area having been woodland for more than 400 years. It was once owned by a family named Parrot, and a "drumble" is a local word for a stream running through a wooded valley.^[1]

There are old mineworkings in the area, from which iron oxide leaches, giving the stream a reddish colour.^[1]

There is a walking trail through the wood, where there is oak, hazel, birch, rowan and ash; near the stream there is willow and alder. Woodland plants include dog's mercury, yellow archangel and wood-sorrel, and in the spring there are notable displays of bluebells. Birds to be seen include great spotted woodpecker, lesser spotted woodpecker, nuthatch and treecreeper.^[1]

Parrot's Drumble is the source of the River Waldron which flows through Staffordshire and Cheshire until it meets the River Weaver near Nantwich.