Macclesfield Outdoors
Macclesfield (Cheshire) is ideally situated for walking, cycling, orienteering, running, rock climbing, horse riding, angling, canoeing and canal boating. Within a few miles of Macclesfield there is open countryside with rolling hills, miles of footpaths and bridleways, quiet lanes, woodlands, forest, rivers, canals, reservoirs, traditional pubs, country parks and visitor centres. In the pages of the Macclesfield Outdoors website there are details of walking routes, orienteering locations and events, cycling routes and events, horse riding centres, running routes and events, rock climbing locations, visitor centres, angling clubs, canal boat hire, accommodation, places to eat and drink, and suggestions for places to visit, which are all located within a few miles of Macclesfield.
Forthcoming events:
Saturday 14th January, walk from Jackson Lane CP, Kerridge
with the East Cheshire Ramblers.
Sunday 15th January, walk up Croker Hill
with the East Cheshire Outdoor Group.
Saturday 21st January, walk from Macclesfield Bus Station
with the East Cheshire Ramblers.
Saturday 21st January, walk up Bosley Cloud
with the Rangers.
Sunday 22nd January, walk in Lyme Park
with the Macclesfield Ramblers.
Sunday 29th January, walk from Danebridge, Wincle
with the East Cheshire Ramblers.
News:
November 2011: The following walk details have been updated following changes discovered on the routes: Rainow and Kerridge, Rainow and Bollington, Bollington to Adlington, Bollington to Lyme Park. Eg. fences replaced with walls, new access through farm yard, stream converted into ponds, new gates etc.
July 2011: All walking and cycling routes have been updated so that there is only one change of direction per waypoint. GPX files have been updated to reduce waypoint to maximum 30 characters, for older GPS units.
January 2011: All cycling routes are being updated with a better map, clearer route card, and a downloadable GPX file.
December 2010: Added separate pages for angling, canoeing and canal boating.
October 2010: All walk routes are being updated with a better map, clearer route card, and a downloadable GPX file.
January 2010: New pub walk added, from Poachers Inn in Bollington. Vale Inn pub walk expanded to give selection of short, medium or long walks.
November 2009: Email received from Mr. D.Ireland: My wife and I are visiting Macclesfield this weekend. We have found your site absolutely fantastic..a veritable mine of information which is so clearly presented. Thank you very much.
July 2009: Three pub walks have been added to the Walks section, together with a longer distance walk.
October 2008: Two new walking routes (12 and 13) have been added.
August 2008: All walking routes have been revisited and updated as necessary, having found that two footpaths have been diverted (on walk 4).
July 2008: I have found that when Macc Outdoors is visited, the walking pages are visited the most often, with cycling routes second and rock climbing third! There are 11 walks at present, and 2 cycling routes, so I will add more cycling routes soon. As for rock climbing, I need to see if there are any local clubs that want promoting.
March 2008: Added a link to Transport Direct to each walk, which supplies directions from a chosen starting point to the start of the route. The directions supplied are by public transport or by car.
March 2008: Email received from Macclesfield Forum “Congratulations on your new Web site - well done! It's well organised, comprehensive and great to look at!”
October 2007: Met John Sellors who runs the excellent Nice Nosh refreshment stall at Macc Forest Visitor Centre - added separate page for Nice Nosh. Added printable route cards to walks pages.
June 2007: Met local photographer Wayne Molyneux at Trentabank visitor centre - added links to his photo galleries.
January 2007: Started uploading first draft of macclesfield-outdoors.