19, 19A, Jn4 CHEADLE 19B, 19C X69, 369 HULME 19, 19A, 19B, 19C, B HEALD 43A, 44, 105, 369 Newall 199 45A B5166 GREEN FB A34 Green 369 B5358 FB 45A FB 43A, 105 Jn5 Woodhouse X69, 369 B5094 Davenport Green M56 19, 19A, 19B, 19C, Hotel 19, 19A, 19B, 19C, 45A T2 Hotel Moss 19, 19A, 19B, 19C, Nook Brooks Drive B 44 43A, 44, 45A, 105, A34 285, 199, 200, 369, X69 FB 286, T1 130, 378 288 19, 19A, 19B, 19C The Station T3 A538 19, 19A, & Cycle Centre Hotel 19B, 19C FB P R T World ight P R T Fre Airport FB Ter minal Jn6 P R T i HALEBARNS FB 19, 19A, 19B, 19C, M56 130 285, 286 B5358 288 FB Warburton 200 P River Linneys Dean Aviation 200 FB Bridge Viewing Styal Valley Country P P R P Park P R T i FB Park 200 FB M 130, 378 P R T i B5166 Quarry Hotel FB Bank Mill 200 P Hotel 378 Castle Tunnel A538 130 Hill Hotel Lacey N Green A34 FB FB P Twinnies FB Park FB T Bridge FB FB

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Bus services A34 26, 130 19, 19A, - Wythenshawe circular, via ,, 19B, 19C} (M.A.) , , Sale and Broadheath 26 - Alderley Park - Wilmslow 1 km 43A M.A. - Manchester via Woodhouse Pk, Wythenshawe, Northenden 44 M.A. - Manchester via Wythenshawe, , Cheadle 45A M.A. - Manchester via Gatley and Cheadle 1 mile 105 M.A. - Manchester via Wythenshawe, Benchill, Sharston 130 Macclesfield - Manchester via Wilmslow, Colshaw, Handforth 0.25ml to 199 - - M.A. - Manchester 200 M.A. - Styal - - Wilmslow (and Viewing Pk weekends) 285/6 Altrincham - Hale - Hale Barns circular 287 Macclesfield - Prestbury - Mottram - -Wilmslow 287 288 - Altrincham via Mobberley, Wilmslow, Morley Green X69 M.A. - Stockport via 369 M.A. - Stockport via Wythenshawe and Heald Green 378 Wilmslow - Stockport via Lacey Green, Colshaw, Handforth, ALDERLEY EDGE The Bollin Valley Way and other recreational routes between Wilmslow and Hale Barns, including Manchester Airport.

Neighbours Bollin Valley Partnership funding partners: THE BOLLIN • •Manchester Airport Quarry Bank Mill, window on our industrial past, sits •Environment Agency • next to Manchester Airport, gateway to the world. •Macclesfield Council • Metropolitan Borough Council VALLEY WAY Contacts for further information: The River Bollin is a short tributary of the Mersey which rises in the Pennine foothills. It now flows into the near Warburton. Bollin Valley Partnership: Countryside Area Manager, Macclesfield & other recreational routes between Wilmslow Town Hall, Market place, Macclesfield, SK10 1EA. Tel 01625 534790, The Bollin Valley Partnership started as a pioneering experiment in Email [email protected] & Hale Barns including Manchester Airport 1972, managing land around towns for wildlife, farming and recreation. We now Aviation Viewing Park, Wilmslow Old Rd, off A538 Altrincham Rd, look after over 100 miles (160 Km) of way-marked paths; several picnic sites; a Ringway (Bollin Valley Partnership. For separate leaflet about the Park, of 5 Country Park and Visitor Centre; the Aviation Viewing Park; part of the Trans 3 Neighbours Pennine Trail; and coordinate the Bollin section of the Mersey Basin Campaign. ring 01625 534790.) 01625 534790, [email protected] Cheshire Cycleway (National Cycle Network, NCN 70) leaflets from Bollin We work with others to improve woodlands, ponds, grasslands and hedgerows, for Valley or Cheshire Countryside Management Service both wildlife and people. Partnership Rangers, helped by an Education Group, also [email protected], www.cheshire.gov.uk/countryside or /cycling run a varied annual activity programme (please ring for a leaflet) which includes a Taster Day for people with disabilities. Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate () Georgian working water-powered cotton mill; Apprentice house and garden; colony Encouraging people to enjoy the countryside (preferably without a car) is an of Styal; riverside woodland walks. 01625 527468, important part of our work. This leaflet is one of 5 indicating the Bollin Valley [email protected], www.quarrybankmill.org.uk. Way and other recreational routes and opportunities diagrammatically. For Buses: 200 ‘Styal Shuttle’ Manchester Airport-Styal (daily, hourly, every journey more detail, please refer to OS Explorer Maps 268 and 276. See www.ordsvy.gov.uk. calls at the Mill). Manchester Airport Cycle Centre open Tues, Wed, Thurs for The 25 mile (40Km) Bollin Valley Way from Macclesfield Riverside Park to information, repairs etc. (situated in The Station, Manchester Airport) gives walkers a feel for the Valley’s variety. It ranges from views of the 0161 489 3487, [email protected] hills above Macclesfield, through fields and woodlands, towns and villages, under and over roads, railways and canals and past Manchester Airport, to the industries Manchester Airport Tourist Information Centres near Manchester Ship Canal. Terminal 1: 0161 436 3344, [email protected] Terminal 2: 0161 489 6412, [email protected] Please remember: most of these walks cross private farm land. Keep to the paths, take all litter home, fasten gates and keep your dog under control. Wilmslow Tourist Information Centre Country paths are not pavements, so wear sturdy footwear and be prepared for the 01625 522275, [email protected] British weather. Not all paths shown are managed by the Bollin Valley Partnership. Rail Services: ring 08457 48 49 50 People with disabilities. Sadly it is impracticable to make all country footpaths fully accessible, although ambulant but less mobile visitors will find Bus Services: The services shown overleaf run at least 5 days/week. many paths in the Valley suitable because they are reasonably level – please ring For full details of all bus services ring Traveline on 0870 608 2 608 and check. However, the Aviation Viewing Park is wheelchair accessible, as are (or 01625 534850 for Cheshire journeys, [email protected] much of the Carrs in Wilmslow and Quarry Bank Mill and the Styal estate (National 0161 228 7811 for ). Trust). See www.cheshireforall.com or ring 01244 603107 for more details. Coming into land over the River Bollin. Courtesy of Claire Foulweather. 1 From Peak to Plain Around the Airport. Since completion of Runway Two, a comprehensive 5 Bridgewater environmental package has restored and enhanced the scenic beauty of the Canal M56 2 Wizard! 4 surrounding area. Acres of new scrub, woodland and wildflower grassland, 5km A Macclesfield 3 Neighbours Altrincham of hedgerows, 46 new ponds, bat barns and other wildlife habitats enhance new Canal 4 Town Meets Country pathways and the Airport’s Orbital Cycleway which complement the Bollin Valley 3 Way. 5 Time Travel B Manchester Passengers, visitors and local employees, indeed anyone can access these rural Airport Wilmslow A routes via the Airport’s new public transport interchange: the relaxing, spacious 2 surroundings of ‘The Station’ bring bus, coach, rail, cycling and eventually Alderley B Quarry Bank Mill Edge C Manchester D Metrolink travel under one roof. Ship Canal C The Edge @ Alderley The River Bollin 1 D Hare Hill Maps showing cycle routes around the airport in greater detail are available from Macclesfield E the airport cycle centre (See Below) Trans Pennine Trail E /

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