Walking
Take a guided walk in the countryside around Macclesfield, where the Cheshire Plain meets the Peak District. The countryside here is quite varied, so you can stroll along easy riversides and canal towpaths, walk along miles of bridleways and footpaths, or climb up the hills to the east. The walking routes presented here follow many different rights-of-way: quiet lanes, way-marked trails, bridleways, concessionary paths and public footpaths. The walks all follow circular routes (starting and finishing at the same point) of varying distances and difficulty levels, so hopefully you'll find a walk to suit. Here's a summary of the walks:
| 1. Macc Forest and Tegg’s Nose | 4.5 miles (7 km) | Medium |
| 2. Over Alderley and the Edge | 4 miles (6 km) | Medium |
| 3. Shutlingsloe and Wildboarclough | 6 miles (10 km) | Medium to hard |
| 4. Rainow and Kerridge | 6 miles (10 km) | Medium to hard |
| 5. Trentabank and Higher Sutton | 3 miles (5 km) | Easy to medium |
| 6. Tegg’s Nose and Walker Barn | 4.5 miles (7 km) | Medium |
| 7. Rainow and Lamaload | 4.5 miles (7 km) | Medium |
| 8. Rainow and Bollington | 4 miles (6 km) | Easy to Medium |
| 9. Alderley Edge to Bradford Lane | 4 miles (6 km) | Medium |
| 10. Bollington to Adlington | 7 miles (11 km) | Medium to hard |
| 11. Ridgegate to Croker Hill | 7 miles (11 km) | Medium to hard |
All pages have a printer-friendly version, so when you print a page containing a walking route, only the text part of the page should be printed. In addition, a printable 'route card' is available for each walk, which is a plain page containing a map of the local area with route step numbers superimposed, plus a copy of the route directions. This may be printed to take on the walk with you.
All of the walks have been tried and tested, so hopefully the directions for the walks will be sufficiently clear. However, what may be clear to me may not be clear to everyone! If you have any comments about the walks, or suggestions for improvements or new routes, please send them to me, and we'll update the details accordingly.