We are the Greater Manchester & High Peak Area Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Area Sunday Short Walk. Distances are generally 4 to 6 miles.
Linear Walk (ie starts and ends at different stations) No Booking Required
Leader - John Cookson (contact Pauline Brooke 07394 687183)
Sunday, 16 February 2025
Leader - JOHN COOKSON (Contact Pauline 07394687183)
Distance/Ascent - Less than 6 miles with climbs up to 200ft and total ascent of about 500ft ( open to reduction )
Meeting time and place - Manchester Piccadilly, near central Timetable display, to catch the 8.50 Northern train to Buxton. Alight MIDDLEWOOD
Train Ticket - Disley Return (if you hold a GM concessionary card you will only need a single from Disley to Middlewood).
Car Parking - If travelling by car, park on an A6 layby where the main road crosses above the Middlewood Way Trail, between Hazel Grove and High Lane. Take the Trail, signposted from one end of each layby, to arrive at Middlewood rail station before 9.45 at the latest
Walk start time - from Middlewood railway station between 9.30 and 9.45 latest
Note - All walkers are advised to check rail times, close to departure time, in case of late timetable changes.
Expected return time - no later than 14.30 at Disley railway station and, for train users, the return departure is at 15.24 on the Manchester Piccadilly train. Car users alight the return train at Middlewood Station, the first stop along the line from Disley
Walk Route - Jackson’s Nature Reserve, Macclesfield Canal, Brookside Farm, Crow Wood, Lyme Cage, East Park Gate, Bollinhurst Reservoir
Refreshments - Lunch at cafe in Lyme Park - After walk drinks at Public House in Disley
Walking boots and clothes (waterproof anorak in wet weather conditions) are essential
To bring lunch and non alcoholic drinks.
