e fi s Buxton A523 e Road cl A6 h c t r a o M Disley N Hill d a o Road R d n or o odf d o n Middlewood W Lo B u x t o n Disley R o a d LENGTH: LENGTH: WALK 1 3 MILES. WALK 2 5 MILES. – SHRIGLEY HALL GRADIENT: – STYPERSON POOL GRADIENT: – THE NAB CHALLENGING. – MACCLESFIELD CANAL UNDULATING. STOUT FOOTWEAR – BOLLINGTON STOUT FOOTWEAR REQUIRED. – LONG LANE REQUIRED. Ch APPROXIMATE TIME: APPROXIMATE TIME: Poynton ester Road Poynton 1.5 HOURS 2.5 HOURS 1. Walk to the bottom on the Hotel drive and turn left, keeping 1. Walk to the bottom of the Hotel drive and turn right. Keep to Wigwam Pa to the pavement, walking towardsrk LPottan eShrigley village. Walk the pavement, walk up the road, crossing carefully when you The Macclesfield Canal Wood past the church and follow the road to the right, downhill reach the turn to Long Lane on the left. Walk down Long Lane, towards Bollington. and after approx. 50m, take the footpath on the right. D2. Turn right up Nab Lane, and continue bearing left, turning right 2. Head down the track, through the trees, passing Styperson ic k onto Cocksheadhey Road. Turn right through a wooden gate C Pool on your right. Upon reaching Sugar Lane, turn left, then ens Lane o p d and pass the buildings of the former Cocksheadhey Farm. p a after 200m, turn right down the footpath. ic Ro 3. Following the waymarks uphill, walk through the kissing gate e 3. Upon reaching the canal bridge (number 23), descend onto towards two redundant stone gateposts. Turn right, climb to the towpath and turn right, heading towards Bollington. the top and head towardsD the trig point (285 metres above The Macclesfield Canal is 26 miles in length, designed by ick sea level). e Thomas Telford, opened in 1831 and is over 26 miles in ns Lan length. It stretches from Marple, near Stockport, 4. This is a great spot for photographs.e There are superb views over the Cheshire Plain on one side and across the Harrop to Kidsgrove in Staffordshire. Adlington Valley to Shining Tor and more distant peaks on the other. 4. Walk towards Bollington, passing the imposing Clarence Mill k r Business 5. There is no public footpath for a descent in the direction of on the left hand side. Clarence Mill houses a café, Visitor Centre, a P e and gift shops. Exit the canal here by crossing bridge 26A and l Park & Pott Shrigley, so you must return by the route youn came. a walk down Clarence Road into Bollington. Turn left up Palmerston L Industrial e Street and you will find a range of local café’s and pubs. i tiona Estate A523 g 5. Just off Palmerston Street to the left is Beeston Brow. Head a g N o up this steep cobbled road snaking right and then left. Bear The Knott M left onto Long Lane, following this road for approximately trict 1 mile. Super views can be enjoyed from this stretch of quiet s LENGTH: road. Upon reaching the T junction, cross the road, turn right, Di WALK 3 6 MILES. k Drinkwater walking down the pavement and return to the Hotel. a S e – POTT SHRIGLEY GRADIENT: h Meadow r P – BOLLINGTON UNDULATING. ig le y – WHITE NANCY STOUT FOOTWEAR R Knightslow o ine Wood REQUIRED. a L – LONG LANE d APPROXIMATE TIME: Lyme Park Higher 3 HOURS Moor hester 402 m d c 1. Walk to the bottom on the Hotel drive and turn left, keeping a n o to the pavement, walking towards Pott Shrigley village. Walk The Bowstones R d past the church and follow the road to the right, downhill a 390 m n o towards Bollington. R d y n e l o 2. After approx. 1.5 miles, at the roundabout, take the second exit, d to Ma g L r i heading up Church Street. Bear right onto Lord Street and at the r o h end, cross the road and over a stone stile, leading to a paved path. S 3. Ascend this path and steep field to reach ‘White Nancy’, Staff stopping to admire the views of Bollington and nearby Bowstones Rainow. White Nancy is a white, grade II listed building, circular in shape, which was built in 1817 to commemorate Blakehey victory at the Battle of Waterloo. Wood 4. When you have recovered your breath, descend on the same path, but bear left after the stone stile and then take the right turn, walking down High Street. Adlington 5. Turn left down Palmerston Street (refreshments available in one of the number of pubs and cafes on this stretch of Adlington l Sponds road), then take a right up Beeston Brow. Heada up this steep (Cheshire) n Hill cobbled road snaking right and then left. a LENGTH: C WALK 4 8 MILES. 6. Bear left onto Long Lane, following this road d for approximately l 1.5 miles. Super views can be enjoyed from thise stretch of – SHRIGLEY HALL GRADIENT: fi quiet road. Upon reaching the T junction, crosss the road, turn – GRITSTONE TRAIL CHALLENGING. e right, walking down the pavement and returningl to the Hotel. c – BOWSTONES STOUT FOOTWEAR c a – LYME PARK REQUIRED. Reed Hill M Styperson APPROXIMATE TIME: Hill 4-5 HOURS 213 m 1. Walk to the bottom on the Hotel drive and turn left, keeping to the pavement, walking towards Pott Shrigley village. Walk past the church and take the 1st left (Bakestonedale Road). This is the start of a famous road cycling hill climb, nicknamed ‘The Brickworks’ and raced by Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins during the 2016 Tour of Britain. 372 m 2. Keep toAnd there pavementws and turn left after approx. ½ mile up MoorsideKnob Lane. Follow the road/track, walking for another d ½ mile until you reach Keepers Cottages. Bear right immediately a before Keepers CottageBrink following Bro thew path up the steep hill, o R Nab Head signed Gritstone Trail & Bowstones. Head over the crest bearing slightly left, down and then up to the next ridge, ield 282 m f Sponds Hill. Upon reaching the track (Gritstone Trail), les turn left, heading towards the white house surrounded by c telephone masts in the distance. In front of the house are the ‘Bow Stones’ – way markers dating back to the Bronze Age. Mac 3. Just before the house, climb over the stile to the left, and descend the steep stony track heading towards the Knightslow Wood in the distance. Walk straight ahead through the wood. Lyme Hall, scene of the 1995 BBC adaptation of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ can be seen through the trees on your right hand side. Ri ver De 4. Exit the woods, following the stone track down the hill to the an right. Head through the gate into Lyme Park parking area. Here, visitors can enjoy the Hall, Coffee Shop, National Trust d Shop and adventure playground. oa R n B 5. To head back to the Hotel, at the bottom of the track mentioned to laz g e H above, bear left, over the cattle grid and up the road. Continue in ill ll along the road (do not bear right) to a small car park. Head Nab Head e through the gate, into the woods, descending the stone track, W until eventually reaching West Gate. 6. Through the gate, turn left up the narrow road, joining the main road at the Methodist Chapel. Head up the stone track o ad ll R to the right of the chapel and follow the well defined path Hen s h a B Bollington through trees and a field for approx. 600m until you return h L o Flas a e l to Keepers Cottages. Turn right along Moorside Lane and n l Bollington l a i retrace your steps back to the Hotel. n n a White Nancy T g t Cross C h o e d Big Low n 280 m S l i R lk e o R fi o a s a d Pike Low d le c c D a B5470 um M b ah White Nancy La n e T he S il k Ro ad B5090 T h www.shrigleyhallhotelandspa.co.uk independently owned hotel. owned independently managed by various hotel groups and in July 2017 it became an an became it 2017 July in and groups hotel various by managed HISTORY & LOCAL WALKS LOCAL & HISTORY extensive wedding and conference facilities. Since 1994 it has been been has it 1994 Since facilities. conference and wedding extensive opened for the first time as a hotel, spa and golf resort, with with resort, golf and spa hotel, a as time first the for opened Exit the woods and retrace your steps back to the Hotel. the to back steps your retrace and woods the Exit 6. Shrigley of doors the 1989 In today. is Hall Shrigley what create to commenced work 1986, in Hall the left Salesians the Once orange stakes. DO NOT STRAY FROM THIS ROUTE. THIS FROM STRAY NOT DO stakes. orange Enter the wood, following the circular path defined by the the by defined path circular the following wood, the Enter 5. up to 200 male students at any one time. time. one any at students male 200 to up housed ege coll The estate. the from quarried stone from 1936 in Wood. built and Tilden Phillip architect famed by designed was church pitch & putt golf course, reaching the edge of the Oakridge Oakridge the of edge the reaching course, golf putt & pitch subsequently converted into a missionary college.