Walk The Bridgewater Canal from Lymm
Gentle waterside stroll
This 5¼ mile, Grade 2 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at The Trans Pennine Trail (Lymm) & will take you about 2¼ hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | ch120 | |
| Length: | 5¼ miles (8.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 246 ft (75m) | |
| Time: | 2¼ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
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.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk, 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. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk.Part of this walk also follows a section of The Trans Pennine Trail, a 346km (215 miles) linear footpath connecting Southport in Merseyside, England with Hornsea in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The Trans Pennine Trail is waymarked by named discs with the trail logo. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Trans Pennine Trail.
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