Walkers have never restricted themselves to official areas. This is never more true than in the case of the 1930s “trespassers”, who came out of Manchester and Sheffield into the Dark Peak and the South Pennines. Manchester’s pre-eminence in the North-West sits right on the edge of that region, and its walkers spill into the East Midlands and into Yorkshire and Humberside. In this grouping, we look at the metropolitan area as it is today, and beyond into the hinterland defined by transport.
Routes
Baker Way
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 21km route between Chester and Delamere, commemorating Jack Baker (1910-81), a local footpath officer and conservator (and also sometime Chairman of Offa’s Dyke Association).
Bury Village Link
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 28km walk linking the villages in the more rural north and west of Bury borough.
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 157km circuit of canal towpaths in and to the south of Manchester.
Etherow and Goyt Valley Way
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 25km route between Hadfield and Stockport.
Fred Perry Way
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 22km walk through the borough of Stockport, commemorating tennis player Fred Perry (1901–95), who was born in Stockport.
Image: Fred Perry (public domain)
Gritstone Trail
Length <60km
Max transport gap <30km
A 56km walk between Disley and Kidsgrove.
Image: Kerridge from above Rainow
Irwell Sculpture Trail
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 53km walk between Salford and the source of the River Irwell north of Bacup.
Ladybrook Valley Interest Trail
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 20km walk from Lyme Hall to Cheadle.
Longster Trail
Length <20km
Max transport gap <20km
A 19km walk between Helsby Hill and the outskirts of Chester.
Middlewood Way
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 16km walk on the trackbed of a former railway between Marple and Macclesfield.
Midshires Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A 361km walk between Princes Risborough and Stockport.
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