29 easy-to-follow walk, route maps of all grades on OS Explorer Map 268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton, Altrincham, Knutsford & Sandbach
Twenty-nine easy-to-follow walk, route maps of all grades on OS Explorer Map 268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton, Altrincham, Knutsford & Sandbach in Walk Grade OrderTap/mouse over a coloured circle (1-3 easy walks, 4-6 moderate walks, 7-9 hard walks) and click to select.
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Twenty-nine easy-to-follow walk, route maps of all grades on OS Explorer Map 268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton, Altrincham, Knutsford & Sandbach in Walk Grade Order
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| Length: | 7.25 miles (11.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,598 ft (487 m) |
| Time: | 4.25 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Route Summary:
Ridgegate Reservoir - Leather's Smithy - Trentabank Reservoir - Higher Ridgegate - Macclesfield Forest - Shutlingsloe - Wildboarclough - Higher Nabbs Farm - Oaken Clough - Oakenclough Farm - Pot Lords - The Hanging Gate - The Gritstone Trail - Throstles Nest Farm - Ridgegate Reservoir
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| Length: | 8.75 miles (14 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,050 ft (320 m) |
| Time: | 4.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Alderley Edge - Clock House Farm - Daniel Hill - Daniel Wood - Alder Wood - Hare Hill - Finlow Hill Wood - Clinton Hill - Birtles Hill - Fernhill - Monk's Heath - Yarwoods Farm - Heawood House - Nether Alderley Mill - Nether Alderley - Alderley Edge
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5 miles (13.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,690 ft (515 m) |
| Time: | 4.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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The Hanging Gate - Pot Lords - High Lee Farm - Withenshaw - Cessbank Common - Longgutter - Lower Greasley Farm - Greasley Hollow - Mareknowles Farm - The Gritstone Trail - Wincle Minn - Golden Slack - Croker Hill - Sutton Common - Foxbank Farm - Higher Sutton - Lowerhouse Farm - The Hanging Gate
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| Length: | 8.5 miles (13.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Hale (near Altrincham) - The River Bollin - The Bollin Valley Way - Coppice Farm - Ryecroft Farm - Birkin Farm - Birtles Farm - New Mills - Breach House Farm - Higherhouse Farm - The River Bollin - Ross Mill - Hale.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,208 ft (368 m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
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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: |  |
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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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| Length: | 6.75 miles (11 km) |
| Ascent: | 370 ft (110 m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Hoo Green - Hulseheath - Gorse Barn - Millington Brook - Agden Brook - Denfield Hall Farm - Rostherne Brook - Rostherne - Rostherene Mere Nature Reserve - Marsh Farm - Rostherne - Cicely Mill - Bucklow Hill - Hulseheath - Hoo Green
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| Length: | 6.5 miles (10.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 167 ft (51 m) |
| Time: | 2.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Lindow Common - Wilmslow - Lindow Moss - Morley Green - Rossmere - Saltersley Hall Farm - Mobberley Golf Club - Graveyard Farm - Knolls Green - Paddockhill - Plough and Flail - Racecourse Farm - Lindow Common - Wilmslow.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5 miles (7 km) |
| Ascent: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Time: | 1½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
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Oakgrove - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Gawsworth - Oakgrove
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5 miles (15 km) |
| Ascent: | 358 ft (109 m) |
| Time: | 3.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Over Peover - Peover Hall - Great Wood - Peover Eye - Woodend Farm - Blackden Heath - Redlion Brook - Goostrey - The Bongs - Swanwick Hall Farm - Booth Bed Lane - Boots Green - Meadowbank Farm - Long Lane - Peover Hall - Peover Hall Church - Peover Village Hall - Over Peover
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| Length: | 5.5 miles (9 km) |
| Ascent: | 499 ft (152 m) |
| Time: | 2.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Twinnies Bridge - Wilmslow - Moss Grove Farm - Morely - The River Bollin - Styal Country Park - Giant's Castle Bridge - Oxbrow Bridge - Kingfisher Bridge - Norcliffe Church - Styal Cross - Styal - Quarry Bank Mill - Twinnies Bridge - Wilmslow.
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| Length: | 4 miles (6.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 791 ft (241 m) |
| Time: | 2.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Timbersbrook - The Gritstone Trail - Pool Bank - The Staffordshire Way - Folly Cottage - Cloud Plantation - The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) - Avona - Cloud Side Farm - Bridgestones Farm - Bridestones Burial Chamber - Timbersbrook
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.75 miles (9 km) |
| Ascent: | 354 ft (108 m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Mottram St Andrew - River Bollin - Willot Nurseries - Top O' Th' Hill Farm - Mottram Hall Golf Course - Mottram Hall - Woodside Farm - Legh Hall - Hunters Pool - Goose Green Farm - Mottram St Andrew
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 197 ft (60 m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Redes Mere - Redes Mere Nature Reserve - Fanshawe - Hills Green Farm - Hazelwall Farm - Henshaw Hall Farm - Heskey Wood - Snape Brook - Moss Wood - Crabtree Moss Farm - Marton Gate Farm - Northwood Farm - Sandbank Farm - Mere Moss Wood - Siddington Heath - Holly Cottage - Blake House Farm - Capesthorne Hall - Redes Mere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 miles (9 km) |
| Ascent: | 689 ft (215 m) |
| Time: | 2.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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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: | |
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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: |  |
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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: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,359 ft (414 m) |
| Time: | 4.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Timbersbrook - The Gritstone Trail - Pool Bank - The Staffordshire Way - Folly Cottage - Cloud Plantation - The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) - Avona - The Dane Valley Way - Raven's Clough - Ravensclough Brook - Rushton Spencer - Oulton - Woodhouse Green - Bridgestones Farm - Bridestones Burial Chamber - Timbersbrook
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.25 miles (15 km) |
| Ascent: | 545 ft (166 m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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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: | |
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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: | 4.75 miles (7.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 886 ft (270 m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Ridgegate Reservoir - Langley - Topclose Farm - Macclesfield Forest - Ashtreetop - Warrilowhead Farm - Walker Barn - Tegg's Nose Country Park - Tegg's Nose - Teggsnose Wood - Teggsnose Reservoir - Bottoms Reservoir - Langley - Ridgegate Reservoir
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5 miles (7 km) |
| Ascent: | 266 ft (81 m) |
| Time: | 2 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Gurnett - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Oakgrove - Sutton Reservoir - Sutton Grange - Gurnett
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| Length: | 5.5 miles (9 km) |
| Ascent: | 115 ft (35 m) |
| Time: | 2.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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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: | 7 miles (11 km) |
| Ascent: | 824 ft (251 m) |
| Time: | 3.25 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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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: | 4 miles (6.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 272 ft (83 m) |
| Time: | 1.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Prestbury - The River Bollin - The North Cheshire Way - Woodside Farm - Legh Hall - Woodend Farm - Spittle House - Prestbury
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.5 miles (7 km) |
| Ascent: | 715 ft (218 m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Lyme Park Car Park - Lyme Park Country Park - Pursefield Wood - Paddock Cottage,Knightslow Wood, - Higher Moor - Lantern Wood - The Cage - The North Cheshire Way - Lyme Hall - Lyme Park Car Park
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25 miles (11.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,201 ft (366 m) |
| Time: | 3.75 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Lyme Park Car Park - Crow Wood - Hase Bank Wood - West Parkgate - The North Cheshire Way - Keepers' Cottage - Dale Top - Sponds Moor - The Gritstone Trail - Sponds Hill - Bow Stones - Bowstonegate Farm - Lyme Park Country Park - Lantern Wood - The Cage - Fallow Deer Park - The Lime Avenue - Lyme Park Car Park
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 miles (8.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 896 ft (273 m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Rushton Spencer - Oulton - Woodhouse Green - Wood Common Farm - Avona - The Staffordshire Way - The Gritstone Trail - The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) - Bosley Cloud - Avona - The Dane Valley Way - Raven's Clough - Ravensclough Brook - Rushton Spencer
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10 miles (16 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,404 ft (428 m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | |
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Route Summary:
Rudyard Reservoir - The Staffordshire Way - Ryecroft Gate - Rushton Spencer - Heaton Lodge Farm - Weathercock Farm - Gun End House - Gun (Staffordshire) - Fould Farm - Fould Villa - Poolend - Willgate Farm - Rudyard - Black Wood - Rudyard Reservoir
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