Did you know? TER GRE ES EN H T Manchester’s Green Trail is a walking circuit made up of 14 routes which connects many C R of the beautiful green spaces and tree lined streets around the city. For more information N A A I about the Green Trail routes and other walks please visit mcractive.com/walking L The Green Trail is a partnership project between Manchester City Council, The Ramblers M and Transport for Greater Manchester. H
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44 1 Chapel Street Park to Clayton Park An urban walk via Blackley Forest, Blackley Vale, 2 Clayton Park to Boggart Hole Clough 2 Herristone Park, Crumpsall Park and Harpurhey Ponds. 3 Boggart Hole Clough to Heaton Park Metrolink 5 4 Heaton Park Metrolink to Queens Park 1 5 Queens Park to Ardwick Green 7.8 km | 4.8 miles | 2.5 hours 6 Ardwick Green to Whitworth Park 7 7 Whitworth Park to Alexandra Park Café 6 8 8 Alexandra Park Café to Chorlton Bus Station 9 9 Chorlton Bus Station to Southern Cemetery 14 10 Barlow Moor Road to Martinscroft Metrolink 13 11 Martinscroft Metrolink to Peel Hall Metrolink 10 12 12 Peel Hall Metrolink to Northenden Riverside Park 13 Northenden Riverside Park to Fletcher Moss Park 14 Fletcher Moss Park to Chapel Street Park 11
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2018 1 Start 2 Follow the signs to Heaton Hall and then In Blackley Forest take Follow way to the Tram Museum. the paths that keep the markers in parks river on your right, but and green spaces. do not cross it. There are steep steps on this path.
5 Enter recreation ground through woodland and walk around the playing field to a bridge over the Heaton Hall D A O R river, heading straight on to the
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R H Tweedle Heaton Zion D C A LE RO ED Common ILL Park E H Cemetery TW T E N AN A L L 6 T FOO P EEP CH SH AP EL L Using paths and AN E FRE N sections of road C AD H River Irk O R B E A (ignoring the road AL R D N ER V L I A R into the industrial N Bowker Vale E BLA CKLEY N estate) continue to EW ROAD 3 Blackley Vale Kingsbridge Road and
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After crossing the River Irk follow signs E R M D NOR A O BRY O AD A R for Mariman Drive, then Dinorwic Close. O D Y R SLE S EAR Y K A BLACKLEY N AU WILLOW DEL HILL North Manchester CRU ROAD T MP S SAL L LANE WESTBURY General Hospital O
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Brightside Road. W Abraham Moss School HARPURHEY Abraham ROAD AD Moss O R 6 M O D A TT O O B R L C H E AZE E W KINGSBRIDGE L H E O A T O ROAD H D D A L H M A HIL N C D SMEDLEY O G S R R R E L Smedley Lane LANE E T R R S E O O Cemetery A Playing Fields A E N D D 7 H T R HENDHAM C VALE N A A I CHEETHAM SM Finish L ED Queens LEY LANE M HILL Park
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