Start: Higher Hurdsfield. Length: 6 miles (10 km). Difficulty: Medium to hard
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| 1 | From the main Rainow Road (B5470), walk up Cliff Lane. This is a moderate uphill lane. Pass Calrofold Lane on the left and another lane on the right. |
| 2 | At the top of Cliff Lane, walk directly across the Buxton Road (A537) to the footpath opposite. Take great care here as the traffic on Buxton Road can be busy (and fast). |
| 3 | Go through a gate and walk straight up the footpath. Bear left where the path forks. This is a newly created woodland walk. |
| 4 | Go through a gate at the top of the wooded area and turn left. Cross over a stile and follow the Gritstone Trail (marked with the ‘G’ sign). Provided that it is a clear day, you should be able to see right to the White Nancy at the end of Kerridge Ridge from here, which is your destination. |
| 5 | After following the path down hill, the Gritstone Trail crosses back over the Buxton Road. Once again, take great care crossing, and turn left along the Buxton Road for a short distance. |
| 6 | The Gritstone Trail continues from the corner of Bull Hill Lane, down across a field, over two stiles to a stream. Cross the stream, and walk up hill, bearing right to a kissing gate. After the kissing gate, head across the field to a stile. After the stile, follow a wall which is to your left. At the end of the field, cross another stile onto a lane and turn left. |
| 7 | Cross a metal ladder over a wall, and follow the Gritstone Trail down to Rainow. The path runs between two walls, over a wall (stone steps), and follows another wall (on the left). After crossing over a wall (stone steps), bear right (with a wall to the left). Pass through two metal gates. |
| 8 | After passing through a kissing gate, you meet a lane. Bear left and follow the lane down to the main road. |
| 9 | Turn left along the main road (B5470) for a short distance, until you reach a sign for the Gritstone Trail, between two houses on the right. |
| 10 | Turn right down the Gritstone Trail, and once again follow the ‘G’ signs. Ignore a bridleway to the left. Pass through a gate and bear left. Pass through another gate and bear left uphill. This is a fairly steep, grassy path now. This will eventually take you up onto the ‘saddle’ of Kerridge Ridge. |
| 11 | At the top of the hill, cross a stile and turn right. Keep following the ‘G’ signs along the top of Kerridge Ridge until you come across the White Nancy at the end of the ridge. |
| 12 | After admiring the view across Bollington, continue straight on to follow the paved path down hill to Kerridge. There are other paths down hill here, but our path is the only one that is paved with stones. |
| 13 | When the path reaches a concreted bridleway, turn left. This descends to meet a road at Redway House (which used to be the Redway Tavern pub). |
| 14 | Turn right when you reach the road, and follow the road down to a junction where the Bulls Head pub is on the right. |
| 15 | Turn left along Oak Lane. |
| 16 | Take the next left up Higher Lane. Higher Lane bears round to the right, and passes houses on the left. Where traffic is prohibited from driving further up Higher Lane, carry straight on through the small gate, and walk along the driveway that passes to the left of the house in front. |
| 17 | Continue along the lane, passing more houses on the left. This lane turns into a bridleway. Where another bridleway merges from the right, continue straight on. |
| 18 | Where the bridleway forks into two bridleways, take the right hand fork, eventually crossing a stile to the left of a gate. |
| 19 | The bridleway now becomes a footpath, between two walls. After the walls diverge away from the footpath, take the footpath to the left. |
| 20 | The footpath crosses a field, with farm buildings over to your right. |
| 21 | Pass through a kissing gate and straight across a lane. Pass through a gate, and follow the path which is to the left of a pond. Pass through another gate onto a lane. |
| 22 | Turn right along the lane, then 10 yards further on go through a gate on the right. Walk down steps to another gate. After the gate turn left, to follow a wall (on the left). Bear right to follow the footpath signs (yellow arrows) to a lane. |
| 23 | Turn left along the lane, away from Lower Swanscoe Farm. |
| 24 | Where the lane meets a road, bear right along the road. |
| 25 | At a road junction, bear right (Swanscoe Lane). |
| 26 | At another road junction, turn left along an unmarked lane (Well Lane). Do not take the no-through road. |
| 27 | When Well Lane returns to the main road (B5470) again, turn right to return to the starting point. |