Bollin Valley Way: 1. from Peak to Plain
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392 B5470 Walks & Cycle Routes To Lyme Park (NT) P R T i Macclesfield Via Gritstone A537 Forest Peak District National Trentabank Bollin Valley Way Trail : 8km / 5mile Park Boundary & Footpath Junctions Visitor Centre P T i Riding the Ridges Cycle Ride White Nancy Tegg's Nose Cheshire Cycleway (NCN 70) R Kerridge Country Park Cheshire Ring Canal Walk BOLLINGTON P T i 11,12 Middlewood Way P T i Tegg's Nose Gritstone Trail 60, 62, 64 Other Public Footpaths 58 P N KEY Middlewood Way Langley Roads 10, 11, 12, 392 B5470 FB Fences/Hedges Canals / Rivers Macclesfield Canal Lakes / Reservoirs 14, 16 FB Railway A5090 A523 Silk Road Hurdsfield R Built-up Area A5091 58 Buildings Golf Course Forest / Woodland A523 Tytherington Sutton Picnic Site 393 R 'Turnover' Golf A538 Bridge R Lane Ends Course 10, 11, 12, 392, 393 M Museum FB Beechwood 14 P Parking Mews B P T i Prestbury Country Pub Wood 16 M M River R Other Refreshment Tytherington FB Bollin Wood 38 T Toilets MACCLESFIELD i Information M P R T i A536 FB FB Train Station P PRESTBURY Macclesfield Riverside Park © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. FB Footbridge 107 P R T B5087 Cheshire County Council Licence No.100019582.2004 B Bus Station B5088 A523 38 Bus Services 1 km 287 See overleaf for details 287 A537 A538 Golf 26, 27, 130 1 mile Course The Bollin Valley Way and other recreational routes between Macclesfield and Prestbury, including Macclesfield Forest. People with disabilities. Sadly it is impracticable to make all Tegg’s Nose Country Park, Cheshire Countryside THE BOLLIN From Peak to Plain country footpaths fully accessible, although ambulant but less Management Service The wooded slopes and reservoirs of mobile visitors will find many paths in the Valley suitable because 01625 614279, [email protected] Macclesfield Forest, on the Western they are reasonably level – please ring and check. However, VALLEY WAY fringe of the Peak District National Park, much of Macclesfield Riverside Park, most of the Middlewood Trentabank Visitor Centre, Peak National Park Rangers, quickly melt into the Cheshire plain. Way, parts of Tegg’s Nose Country Park and areas around Macclesfield Forest Trentabank Visitor Centre are wheelchair accessible. See 01260 252832, [email protected] & other recreational routes between Macclesfield The River Bollin is a short tributary of the Mersey which rises in www.cheshireforall.com or ring 01244 603107 for more details. the Pennine foothills. It now flows into the Manchester Ship Canal West Park Museum (Prestbury Rd) & Prestbury including Macclesfield Forest near Warburton. Bollin Valley Partnership funding partners: 01625 619831, [email protected] Cheshire East Council 1of 5 from Peak to Plain The Bollin Valley Partnership started as a pioneering Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Rail Services: ring 08457 48 49 50 experiment in 1972, managing land around towns for wildlife, farming and recreation. We now look after over 100 miles (160 Bus Services km) of way-marked paths; several picnic sites; a Country Park and Contacts for further information: Visitor Centre; the Aviation Viewing Park; part of the Trans Pennine Bollin Valley Partnership: Countryside Area manager, 10. Macclesfield – Bollington Phil Bews’ Trail; and coordinate the Bollin section of the Mersey Basin Town Hall, Market Place, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1EA. Tel 11. Macclesfield – Kerridge ‘Birdman’ 12. Macclesfield – Bollington - Kerridge Campaign. 01625 534790, Email [email protected] marks the 14/16. Macclesfield – Langley circular start of the We work with others to improve woodlands, ponds, grasslands 26. Macclesfield – Alderley Park – Wilmslow Macclesfield Riverside Park, Beechwood Mews, off Bollin Valley and hedgerows, for both wildlife and people. Partnership Manchester Rd, Tytherington, (Bollin Valley Partnership. For 27. Macclesfield – Astra Zeneca – Chelford – Knutsford Rangers, helped by an Education Group, also run a varied annual separate leaflet about the park, ring 01625 534790.) 38. Macclesfield – Congleton – Sandbach – Crewe Way at activity programme (please ring for a leaflet) which includes a 01625 511086, [email protected] 58. Macclesfield – Buxton Macclesfield Taster Day for people with disabilities. 60. Macclesfield – New Mills – Lyme Park Riverside Gritstone Trail (56km/35mile trail from Disley to Kidsgrove), 62. Macclesfield – Rainow Park Encouraging people to enjoy the countryside (preferably without a Riding the Ridges Cycle Ride, Cheshire Cycleway 64. Macclesfield – Whaley Bridge – New Mills car) is an important part of our work. This leaflet is one of 5 (National Cycle Network, NCN 70) leaflets from Tegg’s Nose, 107. Macclesfield – Bosley – Leek indicating the Bollin Valley Way and other recreational routes Bollin Valley or Cheshire Countryside Management Service 130. Macclesfield – Alderley Edge – Wilmslow – Manchester and opportunities diagrammatically. For more detail, please [email protected], www.cheshire.gov.uk/countryside 287. Macclesfield – Prestbury – Mottram – Alderley Edge – Wilmslow refer to OS Explorer Maps 268 and 276. See www.ordsvy.gov.uk. or /cycling 392. Macclesfield – Bollington – Poynton – Stockport 393. Macclesfield – Adlington – Stockport The 25 mile (40km) Bollin Valley Way from Macclesfield Lyme Park (National Trust) Riverside Park to Partington gives walkers a feel for the Valley’s Tudor house which was transformed into an Italianate palace; These services run at least 5 days/week. variety. It ranges from views of the hills above Macclesfield, gardens and deer park. For full details of all bus services contact Traveline 0870 608 2 608, , or 01625 534850. through fields and woodlands, towns and villages, under and over 01663 762023, [email protected]. [email protected] roads, railways and canals and past Manchester Airport, to the Buses: 199 Buxton – Manchester Airport passes the park industries near Manchester Ship Canal. entrance; 60 Macclesfield – New Mills – Lyme Park. 5 Bridgewater 1 From Peak to Plain Photo courtesy of Ray Weaver Canal M56 Please remember: most of these walks cross private farm 2 Wizard! Macclesfield Canal Society A 4 Altrincham Macclesfield land. Keep to the paths, take all litter home, fasten gates and Malcolm Bower (Secretary), 01625 428734 Canal 3 Neighbours keep your dog under control. Country paths are not pavements, 3 4 Town Meets Country so wear sturdy footwear and be prepared for the British weather. Macclesfield Silk Museums (Roe St and Park Lane) B 5 Time Travel Not all paths shown are managed by the Bollin Valley Partnership. 01625 613210, [email protected], Manchester www.silk-macclesfield.org Wilmslow Airport A Dunham Massey Cheshire Ring Canal Walk 100 miles (160km) of towpath 2 walk. Anticlockwise from Macclesfield, take the Macclesfield Alderley B Quarry Bank Mill Macclesfield Tourist Information Centre Edge C Manchester D Canal to Marple, then the Peak Forest, Ashton and Rochdale 01625 504114, [email protected] Ship Canal C The Edge at Alderley Canals into Manchester to join the Bridgewater at Castlefield. The River Bollin 1 D Hare Hill Trace the Bridgewater to Preston Brook before turning South Middlewood Way, Macclesfield Borough Council Ranger Service Macclesfield E Macclesfield Forest / along the Trent & Mersey to Hardings Wood Junction near 01625 573998, [email protected], E Trans Pennine Trail Trentabank Kidsgrove, then back up the Macclesfield Canal to the start. www.macclesfield.gov.uk Macclesfield Forest from Nose. Tegg’s Photo courtesy of Jeff Teasdale.