16 easy to follow walk route maps of all grades that include part of The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk
The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk is a 158km (98 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Marple in Greater Manchester, England.
The canals that form the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk are (anticlockwise from Marple): The Peak Forest Canal, The Ashton and Rochdale Canals to Castlefield, Manchester, The Bridgewater Canal to Preston Brook, The Trent and Mersey Canal to Hardings Wood Junction near Kidsgrove and The Macclesfield Canal back to Marple.
The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk is waymarked by a bridge & barge motif.
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See this list of walks, routes & maps in:
Grade Order | Length Order | Time Order | Walk Number or Start Location Order
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11 miles (17.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 269 ft (82 m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
The Trans Pennine Trail (Lymm) - Lymm - Carr Green - Oldfield Brow - Altrincham - The Bridgewater Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Dunham Town - Dunham Massey - Little Bollington - The Bridgewater Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Agden Bridge - Oughtrington - Lymm Village - Slitten Gorge - The Trans Pennine Trail - Lymm.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,208 ft (368 m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Timbersbrook - The Gritstone Trail - Pool Bank - The Staffordshire Way - Folly Cottage - Cloud Plantation - The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) - Avona - The Dane Valley Way - River Dane - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Buglawton - Brook House Farm - Pool Bank - Timbersbrook
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5 miles (7 km) |
| Ascent: | 341 ft (104 m) |
| Time: | 2 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Bosley Locks - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - River Dane Aquaduct - Railway Viaduct - Crossley Farm - Colleymill Bridge - North Rode - North Rode Manor Fish Pond - Station Wood - Big Dogbottom Wood - Bosley Locks
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25 miles (8.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 246 ft (75 m) |
| Time: | 2.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
The Trans Pennine Trail (Lymm) - Lymm - The Bridgewater Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Lymm Village - The Dingle - Lymm Dam - The Bongs - Crosfield Bridge - Oughtrington - The Bridgewater Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Rushgreen - Slitten Gorge - The Trans Pennine Trail - Lymm.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5 miles (7 km) |
| Ascent: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Time: | 1½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Oakgrove - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Gawsworth - Oakgrove
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.75 miles (6 km) |
| Ascent: | 204 ft (62 m) |
| Time: | 2 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
The Trans Pennine Trail (Lymm) - Lymm - The Bridgewater Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Lymm Village - The Dingle - Lymm Dam - The Bongs - Crosfield Bridge - Lymm Dam - The Dingle - Lymm Cross - The Bridgewater Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Slitten Gorge - The Trans Pennine Trail - Lymm.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 miles (9 km) |
| Ascent: | 689 ft (215 m) |
| Time: | 2.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Ackers Crossing - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Scholar Green - Mount Pleasant - Mow Cop (Old Man of Mow) - The Gritstone Trail - The Staffordshire Way - The South Cheshire Way - Quarry Wood - Hanging Wood - Roe Park - Ackers Crossing
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25 miles (11.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 404 ft (123 m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
North Rode - Gawsworth - Oakgrove - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Bosley Locks - Big Dogbottom Wood - Station Wood - North Rode Manor Fish Pond - North Rode
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.25 miles (13 km) |
| Ascent: | 804 ft (245 m) |
| Time: | 3.75 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Ackers Crossing - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Little Moreton Hall - Boarded Barn Farm - Rode Mill - Claphatches - Scholar Green - Mount Pleasant - Mow Cop (Old Man of Mow) - The Gritstone Trail - The Staffordshire Way - The South Cheshire Way - Quarry Wood - Hanging Wood - Roe Park - Ackers Crossing
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.25 miles (15 km) |
| Ascent: | 545 ft (166 m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Gawsworth - Oakgrove - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Bosley Locks - River Dane Aquaduct - Railway Viaduct - Crossley Farm - Colleymill Bridge - North Rode - Manor Farm - Beancroft Wood - Rodegreen Farm - Gawsworth
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75 miles (15.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 9 ft (409 m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Nelson Pit Visitors Centre - Higher Poynton - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Wood Lanes - Adlington Basin - Lockgate Farm - The North Cheshire Way - Harrop Brow - Birchencliff Farm - Keeper's Cottage - Dale Top - Sponds Moor - The Gritstone Trail - Sponds Hill - Bowstonegate Farm - Bow Stones - Higher Moor - Lyme Park Country Park - Lantern Wood - The Cage - Lyme Hall - Fallow Deer Park - The Lime Avenue - Lyme Park Car Park - Windgather Farm - Haresteads Farm - Nelson Pit Visitors Centre - Higher Poynton.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5 miles (7 km) |
| Ascent: | 266 ft (81 m) |
| Time: | 2 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Gurnett - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Oakgrove - Sutton Reservoir - Sutton Grange - Gurnett
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 miles (9 km) |
| Ascent: | 115 ft (35 m) |
| Time: | 2.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Ackers Crossing - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Little Moreton Hall - Boarded Barn Farm - Rode Mill - Claphatches - Scholar Green - The Macclesfield Canal - Ackers Crossing
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5 miles (7 km) |
| Ascent: | 190 ft (58 m) |
| Time: | 1.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Thelwall - Manchester Ship Canal - Thelwall Viaduct - Statham - The Bridgewater Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Thelwall
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7 miles (11 km) |
| Ascent: | 824 ft (251 m) |
| Time: | 3.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Nelson Pit Visitors Centre - Higher Poynton - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Wood Lanes - Adlington Basin - Lockgate Farm - The North Cheshire Way - Harrop Brow - West Parkgate - Lyme Park Country Park - Lyme Park Car Park - The Cage - Lyme Hall - Fallow Deer Park - The Lime Avenue - Lyme Park Car Park - Windgather Farm - Haresteads Farm - Nelson Pit Visitors Centre - Higher Poynton.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6 miles (9.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 236 ft (72 m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Dunham Town - The Bridgewater Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Agden Bridge - Agden Brook Farm - Arthill Farm - Reddy Lane Cottage - Little Bollington - Dunham Massey Park - Dunham Park - Dunham Town
See this list of walks, routes & maps in:
Grade Order | Length Order | Time Order | Walk Number or Start Location Order
NB. To reverse (toggle) this order, click Grade Order again
Not familiar with The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk?
See these 16 walks that include part of The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk on an interactive Google Map
