0 Miles 1 2 gm101 The from Dunham Town 0 Kilometres 1 2 3 Dunham Town is on minor roads The walk shown is for guidance only & should E of Lymm & S of not be attempted without suitable maps. Details 3 Go S (right) with a fence/hedge on your left. 5 Go NW (left) to reach the A56. Go NW (left) By a gate, side-step left & continue S now with on the A56 for 250m to reach some houses. 3 1 Distance: 9km (5 /4 miles) the fence/hedge on your right to reach an open ( /2 km) Total Ascent: 58m (190ft) field. Continue S across the field to reach a 6 Go NE (right) on a track for a few paces & 1 Time: 2 /4 hrs Grade: 2 path junction/style at a fence corner. Cross & then N (half-left) over a stile along the left-hand Maps: OS Landranger® 109 bear SSE (slightly left) following a field edge to edge of a field. Cross a stile & follow the or OS Explorer Map™ 276 reach a signed crossing path. (1/2 km) right-hand edge of the next field to a crossing Start/Finish: Dunham Town, 4 Go SE (left) towards Arthill Farm. At a fork track. Cross & continue N follow the right-hand Greater go right past barns & glass houses (left) to edge of the next 4 fields to reach a road & the 3 Grid Ref: SJ740880 reach a road. Cross & continue E (straight-on) 'Swan with Two Nicks'. ( /4 km) Sat Nav: N53.3878 W2.3918 beside a fence (left) for 30m. At a stile, 7 Go NE (right) to reach & cross a footbridge. side-step left & continue E with the fence now When the road beyond bears NNW (left) GPS data: Position Format = 'British Grid' on your right. Bear NE (half-left) past a wood to continue ENE (right) to reach & enter Dunham Map Datum = 'ord srvy GB' a stile in the field corner. Continue NE along Park. Continue NE (straight-on) through the Pleasant canal side stroll the edge of the next field towards a white park to reach the road at Smithy Gate. Go SE From St Mark's Church, Dunham Town go house to reach a junction. Continue NE (right) for 20m then N (left) on Woodhouse 1 (straight-on) past the house (left) to reach a Lane to reach a junction. (1 /4 km) N on School Lane past the Axe & Cleaver to 1 1 road. (1 /4 km) reach the Bridgewater Canal. ( /4 km) 8 Continue N (straight-on) & follow the road 1 Cross the bridge & go SW (left) to follow as it bends NNW (left) to return to Dunham 1 the canal towpath to Agden Bridge (black Taken pictures on this Town & the start. ( /2 km) 1 bench dedicated to ‘Eric’). (3 /4 km) walk? Send them in 2 Leave the towpath & go S (right) over the and we'll put them in SJ 73977 canal to a junction. Go SE (left) & then E the Photo Gallery 88198 (half-left) on the old A56 (signed 'No Through Is this route description Road') to reach the A56. Continue E (left) on Axe & wrong or misleading? road to reach a kissing gate opposite 'Ye Olde Bay Cleaver Talk to us & we'll Malton SJ 74038 3 put it right. No. 3' pub. ( /4 km) Obelisk 87960 Narrow Bridge Dunham SJ 74010 Looking Town 87611 for new kit? Gear offers Dunham Brewery Massey impartial Smithy advice. Pool Swan with Two Nicks Waterwheel Mill Dunham Park (Deer Park) Agden Old Man Island Bridge Pool Pool Farm Little SJ 72952 Agden Bollington 87022 Bridge Ye Olde Fox Hole Keep a record of bench No 3 Pool which mountains sch. you have climbed SJ 71598 kissing Home New with go4awalk.com 86692 gate Agden (closed) Farm Peak Bagging Brook SJ 72285 maps & lists. Farm 86514 stile Arthill SJ 73126 Farm 86297 Ivy Bank The Reddy Lane Meadows SJ 72313 glass Cottage Inglenook The Ring Canal Walk 85997 houses stile (CR) is a 158km (98 miles) circular footpath starting & SJ 73373 finishing in Marple, Greater 85806 Printable Route Maps, GPS Waypoints, Competitions, Manchester. Places to Stay, Discussion Boards, Gear Tests, Photograph Gallery & much, much more . . . It is waymarked by a bridge & barge motif.

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