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A56 A560 Hospital Walks & Cycle Routes 13 P Bollin Valley Way & Footpath Junctions Oldfield John Brow 13 Leigh

Trans Pennine Trail (NCN 62) King George Drive B V Pool Golf 13

Cheshire Ring Canal Walk M Course Bridgewater Brooks Newall Cycleway (NCN 70) FB Canal Green Dunham Circular Cycle Route P R T i A5144 N. Tatton Cycle Trail 'B' Other Recomended Cycle Routes Golf Well Green Dunham 285,286 Off Road Cycle Tracks/Lanes Town Course Davenport The Green Bridleway Devisdale 38, 289 A538 19, 19A Permissive Bridleway 19, 19A, Jn5 Other Public Footpaths 285, 286 Brook Permissive Footpaths 38 B5160 B5160 19B, 19C, 288 B1562 Halecroft 37, 37A, Park Dunham Par k 38, 28 P R T 37, 37A, 246 285,286 P R T Golf KEY 9 P R T i Course Airport

Brooks Drive M56 HALEBARNS P R T i 37, 37A, 289 19B, 19C, Roads P R T A56 285, 286 288 Wor ld Fences/Hedges A538 Freight 288 Terminal Canals / Rivers B5161 Ashley 19, 19A, Jn6 Heath 19B, 19C Lakes / Reservoirs FB Hale 246

National Trust Properties Golf Course 37, 37A FB 19, 19A, Railway 19B, 19C, A56 288 Built-up Area 285, 286 FB Rossmill Buildings A556 FB Forest / Woodland FB Ashley Hall Picnic Site Train Station M56 FB P Sunbank M Museum M Metro Link Wood Jn8 FB FB P Parking B Bus Station FB Ashley

Country Pub 38 Bus Services P See overleaf for Jn7 P 289 R Other Refreshment details Castle Hill T Toilets N © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. A556 Cheshire County Council Licence No.100019582.2004 i Information Birkin FB Footbridge Mere Brook 1 km To Morley Tat ton 1 mile 2.5miles /4k The Bollin Valley Way and other recreational routes between and Bowdon, including Altrincham.

See www.cheshireforall.com or ring 01244 603107 for more Buses: 27 - (3 journeys daily extend into THE BOLLIN Town meets Country details. the Park), 288 Altrincham--Knutsford (Mon-Sat hourly, It’s easy to get out into this part of the walk into Park via Knutsford lodge entrance), 289 Altrincham- Valley via Metrolink, rail, bike or on foot. Bollin Valley Partnership funding partners: Knutsford- (Mon-Sat 2-hourly, walk in as above). VALLEY WAY Cheshire County Council Trans Pennine Trail (National Cycle Network NCN 62) The River Bollin is a short tributary of the Mersey which rises in Metropolitan Borough Council 01226 772574, [email protected] the Pennine foothills. It now flows into the & other recreational routes between near Warburton. Contacts for further information: ring 08457 48 49 50 Hale Barns & Bowdon including Altrincham Bollin Valley Partnership: Countryside Area Manager, Rail Services: The Bollin Valley Partnership started as a pioneering Macclesfield, Town Hall, Market Place, Macclesfield, SK10 1EA. Bus Services of experiment in 1972, managing land around towns for wildlife, Tel 01625 534790, Email [email protected] 4 5 Town meets country farming and recreation. We now look after over 100 miles (160 13 Altrincham - Oldfield Brow circular km) of way-marked paths; several picnic sites; a Country Park and Altrincham Tourist Information Centre Visitor Centre; the Aviation Viewing Park; part of the Trans Pennine 0161 912 5931, [email protected] 19, 19A Altrincham - Wythenshawe - Airport - World Freight Terminal Trail; and coordinate the Bollin section of the Mersey Basin via Well Green Cheshire Cycleway (National Cycle Network, NCN 70 - a 186 Campaign. 19B, 19C Altrincham - Wythenshawe - Airport - World Freight Terminal mile/282km signed, circular route around Cheshire). Leaflets from via Hale We work with others to improve woodlands, ponds, grasslands Bollin Valley or Cheshire Countryside Management Service and hedgerows, for both wildlife and people. Partnership [email protected], 37/37A Altrincham - - via Little Rangers, helped by an Education Group, also run a varied annual www.cheshire.gov.uk/countryside or /cycling 38 Altrincham - Lymm - Warrington via Dunham and Warburton activity programme (please ring for a leaflet) which includes a 246 Altrincham - Bowdon Vale Taster Day for people with disabilities. Cheshire Ring Canal Walk 100 miles (160km) of towpath walk. Anticlockwise from Macclesfield, take the Macclesfield 285/6 Altrincham - Hale Barns circular Encouraging people to enjoy the countryside (preferably without a Canal to Marple, then the Peak Forest, Ashton and 288 Knutsford - - Wilmslow - Hale Barns - car) is an important part of our work. This leaflet is one of 5 Canals into Manchester to join the Bridgewater at Castlefield. Altrincham indicating the Bollin Valley Way and other recreational routes Trace the Bridgewater to before turning South and opportunities diagrammatically. For more detail, please along the Trent & Mersey to Hardings Wood Junction near 289 Altrincham - Knutsford-Northwich refer to OS Explorer Maps 268 and 276. See www.ordsvy.gov.uk. Kidsgrove, then back up the Macclesfield Canal to the start. These services run at least 5 days/week. The 25 mile (40km) Bollin Valley Way from Macclesfield Cycling Project for the North West (North Tatton Trail ‘B’ For full details of all bus services ring Traveline on 0870 608 2 608 Riverside Park to gives walkers a feel for the Valley’s and Dunham Circular) (or 01625 534850 for Cheshire journeys, variety. It ranges from views of the hills above Macclesfield, 0161 745 9088/9099, [email protected], www.cycling.org.uk 0161 228 7811 for including Metrolink, through fields and woodlands, towns and villages, under and over 01925 444250 for Warrington). roads, railways and canals and past , to the (National Trust) industries near Manchester Ship Canal. Georgian house; Edwardian interiors; gardens; deer park; working 5 Bridgewater 1 From Peak to Plain M56 Elizabethan saw-mill. 0161 941 1025, Canal 4 2 Wizard! A Macclesfield Please remember: most of these walks cross private farm [email protected]. butterfly basking. Photo courtesy of Nik Ginn Speckled Wood Altrincham 3 Neighbours land. Keep to the paths, take all litter home, fasten gates and Buses: 38 Altrincham-Warrington via . Canal 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. Rostherne Mere National Nature Reserve B 5 Time Travel Not all paths shown are managed by the Bollin Valley Partnership. (wintering wildfowl, especially pochard) Manchester Wilmslow Permits: Bird observatory – D.Clarke, 0161 973 7122; Airport A Dunham Massey 2 People with disabilities. Sadly it is impracticable to make all Reserve – English Nature, 01743 282000. Alderley B Quarry Bank Mill Edge C country footpaths fully accessible, although ambulant but less Manchester D Ship Canal C The Edge @ Alderley mobile visitors will find many paths in the Valley suitable because 1 D Hare Hill they are reasonably level – please ring and check. However, two (National Trust, managed by Cheshire County Council) The River Bollin Macclesfield Trafford parks ( and Halecroft) are accessible, as is the One of the most complete historic estates open to visitors: house, E E / Trans Pennine Trail Trans Pennine Trail. Dunham Massey and Tatton Park deer park, gardens, Old Hall, working farm, children’s play area. Trentabank (both National Trust) are also largely wheelchair accessible. 01625 534400, [email protected]. Hale M.B.C. Courtesy of Trafford