List of recreational walks in Cheshire

This is a list of recreational walks in the ceremonial county of Cheshire. The list includes walks that are wholly inside Cheshire and also those that pass through to another county. The walks are generally through countryside on a variety of trails and footpaths. Small walks of local interest only are not included. There are 1,864 miles[1] (3,000 km) of public rights of way in Cheshire, England.

List of walking trails in Cheshire
Name Image Route Length Notes Refs
Baker WayChester to Delamere Forest13 miles (19 km)Starts at Chester railway station and finishes at Delamere railway station
Bishop Bennet WayBeeston to Wirswall34 miles (55 km)
Bollin Valley WayMacclesfield to Partington25 miles (40 km)Follows the River Bollin[2]
Cheshire RingDukinfield and Marple97-mile (156 km)Circular walk alongside six canals
Crewe and Nantwich Circular WalkCrewe and Nantwich29 miles (47 km)A circular walk around the two towns[3]
Dane Valley WayBuxton to Northwich48 miles

(77 km)

 Between Derbyshire and Cheshire partly along the River Dane[4]
Delamere WayFrodsham to Stockton Heath21 miles (33 km)Goes via Delamere Forest
Eddisbury WayFrodsham to Burwardsley16 miles (26 km)Links up with the Sandstone Trail
Goyt WayEtherow Country Park to Whaley Bridge10 miles (16 km)Links up with Midshires Way
Great English WalkChepstow to Berwick-upon-Tweed583 miles (938 km)Passes through Cheshire between the Shropshire border at Grindley Brook and the Staffordshire border near Congleton[5]
Gritstone TrailDisley to Kidsgrove, Staffordshire35 miles (56 km)Passes through Teggs Nose Country Park
Ladybrook Valley Interest TrailDisley to Cheadle12 miles (20 km)Finishes at the National Trust's Lyme Park[6]
Longster TrailHelsby Hill to Chester10 miles (16 km)
Maelor WayBronygarth to Whitchurch24 miles (39 km)Finishes in Shropshire
Marches WayChester railway station to Cardiff200 miles (320 km)Initially following the River Dee to Farndon, then passing through the border counties
Middlewood WayMacclesfield to Marple10 miles (16 km)
Midshires WayBledlow, Buckinghamshire, to Stockport230 miles (370 km)
North Cheshire WayHooton to Disley71 miles (114 km)Linking the Wirral Way, Sandstone Trail and Gritstone Trail
Peak District Boundary Walk Buxton circular190 miles (310 km)The Cheshire section is between the Dane Valley near Wincle and past Lyme Park towards Whaley Bridge
Salter's WayRudheath (near Northwich) to Jenkin Chapel, Rainow25 miles (40 km)[7]
Sandstone TrailFrodsham to Whitchurch, Shropshire34 miles (55 km)
South Cheshire WayGrindley Brook to Mow Cop32 miles (51 km)Can be used as a link between the Sandstone Trail and the Gritstone Trail
Trans Pennine TrailSouthport to Hornsea207 miles (333 km)From Yorkshire to Merseyside passing through Widnes
Two Saints WayChester to Lichfield92 miles
Weaver WayFrodsham to Audlem40 miles (65 km)Via the River Weaver, the Trent and Mersey Canal and Shropshire Union Canal[8]
Wirral WayWirralA circular trail around the Wirral Peninsula taking in part of West Cheshire and Hadlow Road railway station

See also

References
  1. "Public Rights of Way". Cheshire County Council. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
  2. "Bollin Valley Way". www.bollinvalley.org.uk.
  3. "Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk Home". Cheshire County Council. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008.
  4. "Dane Valley Way - LDWA Long Distance Paths". www.ldwa.org.uk.
  5. "Great English Walk - LDWA Long Distance Paths". www.ldwa.org.uk.
  6. "Ladybrook Valley Interest Trail - LDWA Long Distance Paths". www.ldwa.org.uk.
  7. "Salter's Way - LDWA Long Distance Paths". www.ldwa.org.uk.
  8. "Weaver Way (Cheshire) - LDWA Long Distance Paths". www.ldwa.org.uk.
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