Route outline for walk ch310:
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
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 |
1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Sponds Hill at 410m (1346ft). Sponds Hill is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Sponds Hill is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Gritstone Trail, a 56km (35 miles) linear footpath connecting Disley in Cheshire, England with Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The Gritstone Trail is waymarked by a black boot and a yellow G. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Gritstone Trail.
Part of this walk also follows a section of The North Cheshire Way, a 113km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Hooton Station in Cheshire, with Disley Station in Cheshire, England. The North Cheshire Way is waymarked by the letter NCW. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The North Cheshire Way.
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
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