Walks

Please be ready to walk at 10am.

Walk starts at Carr Lane Car park. SK1986 8378. Nearest post code is S33 0AJ. Route to car park: Take A555 eastwards, at the end turn on to A6 south, keep on A6 until just after roundabout to Chapel en le Frith, where turn left at sign to Castleton. Follow road through Castleton and Hope.  About 1.5 miles after Hope look for signpost left to Thornhill, take that left turn and stay on narrow road, keeping right in hamlet Thornhill and shortly afterwards look for sign Carr Croft and House where you will see the car park.

If you get to the left turn to Bamford at the traffic lights you have gone too far and need to turn back towards Hope for a short distance.

The walk starts to follow the river up to Ladybower dam, crosses dam wall and climbs steadily up to Bamford Ridge, a wonderful ridge walk, drops back down to Bamford across the river following the river again to the car park. The bracken will be higher along the path up to the edge so long trousers might be preferable to shorts.

The walk starts at 10am at Whitegate Railway station car park CW7 2QE, which is on a now disused railway line. There is a café there which may be open at the end of the walk and possibly toilets (closed when I started the recce).

Directions to start: get on to the Northwich by pass A556. As it ceases to be a dual carriageway, at Hartford, at the first set of traffic lights, turn left on to Dalefords Lane and after about 1.5 miles turn right on to Clay Lane, and after about 0.5 miles you meet a set of traffic lights at a bridge over the old railway line. After the bridge look for a brown sign directing you left back on yourself to the car park. Park anywhere past the café building.

The walk is essentially flat and  shortish  with a couple of minor ups. It starts southwards on the old railway and circles back through woods and fields to rejoin the line to the north returning to the car park. It was a very pleasant walk on the recce.

The walk starts at Etherow Country Park car park, Compstall. Postcode SK6 5JD. All day parking £4, payable by cash or phone (RingGo App) 

Directions: From Wilmslow head to the A555  Airport Relief Road. At its junction with the A6 turn left towards Hazel Grove, then right by the Bull's Head pub onto Torkington Road. Continue to T junction with A626 and turn right towards Marple. At traffic lights in the centre of the village turn left onto Station Road. (Texaco Garage on right).Stay on the A626, signed Glossop, passing Marple Station. Soon after Marple Bridge village  at a sharp right bend continue straight ahead onto Compstall Road. B6104. Turn right onto George Street and right into the car park

Walk description: We ascend to Werneth Low from Compstall village along paths, fields and farm tracks to reach Lower Higham Visitor Centre. We then walk an undulating 2.5 mile circuit on good paths around the historic village of Gee Cross before heading to the war memorial on Werneth Low summit. On a clear day the views from here are outstanding. Our descent down to Compstall is mainly on tracks and estate roads that are generally easy underfoot, with good views over the Etherow Valley. Poles might be useful for muddy scetions after rain.

Llanarmon -yn -Lal:    9 miles, moderate  10.00am start.

 M56, A494, B5444 left onto B5430, then right onto B5430 post code CH7 4PZ

Roadside parking in residential streets Maes lai or Maes Gamon on a small housing estate past the front of the Raven Inn postcode CH7 4PZ..

Walk starts from the church.  A walk across fields woodland and moorland mostly on good tracks and paths including Offa's Dyke path.  A little road/lane walking. Some awkward styles and fallen trees in a wood.  Hard hat's recommended!

This is an easy 6 mile walk, with a total ascent of less than 500 feet.

Meet at 10 a.m. at Poynton Pool car park on South Park Drive. The car park is on the left about ½ mile along the road. Nearest postcode SK12 1BN. (More parking along the adjacent road)

Directions to the start:

From Poynton, go along London Road North B5092, South Park Drive is the 3rd road on the right.

From Brookside Garden Centre at the junction with A555, go along London Road North B5092, South Park Drive is 3rd on the left.

Walk details: We walk around the west side of Poynton Pool, along footpaths to Middlewood, along Middlewood Way, then the canal, returning to the other side of Poynton Pool and then circling back to the car park.

Directions to the start; The walk will start at 10am at Woodbourne Road Newtown. SK22 3JX

Roadside parking at the top end of the road.

From Wilmslow take the airport relief road to the end turning right onto the A6.

Newtown is exactly 5 miles. At the four way traffic lights (where the carpet shop used to be) turn right onto Woodburne Road.

Distance from Wilmslow 12 miles approx

Walk details; Climbing steadily uphill through fields and tracks we arrive onto Black Hill  and will hopefully be rewarded with stunning views. Dropping down to Moorfields school before a stunning ridge walk along Whaley Moor. Dropping down passing the Dipping Stones and continuing on to Stonehead, Ringstone, Furnace Vale then returning back through pastures and farmland.

Note; There are a number of quite difficult stone stiles on this walk.

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 The walk starts at 10am from the parking places on the road just beyond the Leather Smithy pub alongside Ridgegate Reservoir. Post code for Leather Smithy SK11 0NE.

Directions to the start:   Go to Macclesfield and keep on the Silk Road past Arighi Bianchi. At the traffic lights turn left on to Byrons Lane, bear left after the canal towards Langley, continue through Langley on to Clarke Lane to the pub.

Walk:   The walk starts on the road starting by the pub climbing gently up towards the Walker Barn area. When we find the ruined building, we turn right along a path that continues up a series of steps through the trees to the Charity Lane path that drops down to Forest Chapel. Here we pause briefly to look at some geology features in the village. We descend to the bottom of the valley and then back up to the Standing Stone Car Park, turning right along the path below Shutlingsloe and descend back to Ridgegate Reservoir.

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Walk starts at 10am from Chapel  en le Frith railway station.

Directions to start:  take what ever route is convenient to Whalley Bridge (either A6 or via Kettleshume) , then find B5470 road from Whalley Bridge to Chapel. Pass the Combs Reservoir and as you enter the main part of Chapel, immediately after the first pedestrian crossing take a right turn Long Lane. Follow this for 0.3 miles past a school under a tunnel, look for a sign on the right showing railway station sign, follow this for 0.3 miles and at the end bear left into the station car park. There are no parking restrictions and there are plenty of spare spaces. Post code SK23 0XT but this covers a wide area.

Details of walk:  the walk is in the shape of a lollipop. The stick from the station goes gradually uphill and more steeply for the last 100 metres or so. Once the height is gained, the walk is a circular route with amazing views (on the recce) over Dove Holes, Buxton and the Goyt Valley. At the end of the circuit we return down the stick to the station car park.

Allow 5 hours for the walk.

The circular part of the walk is quite exposed and was windy on the recce. Hats may need to be tied on. The path goes near to an edge in places but it is possible to keep away from the edge. Poles may be useful on the ascent up to the start of the circular.