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Tegg's Nose CP SK11 0AP SJ950733
Medium walk - approximately 8.9 miles. Start time 10.00am
A moderate walk with moderate ascents - total ascent 1557ft
There is a charge of £3 for parking - toilets and café are available at Tegg’s Nose at the start and end of the walk.
The route starts at Teggs Nose Country Park, with spectacular views of Macclesfield Forest on a clear day. We make a steep descent down Saddlers Way, which was a former packhorse track, down to Fives Ashes Farm where we take a moderate ascent to Walker Barn. We cross the A537 and take a footpath towards Hordern Farm. From there we follow the Gritstone Way to Tower Hill where we join the bridleway below Kerridge Ridge. We avoid White Nancy by taking the lower route to Swanscoe Farm, Higher Hurdsfield and Marsh Farm. From there we take a gentle ascent along Back Eddisbury Way to Tegg’s Nose. Please bring pack lunch and a drink. I can provide a lift from Prestbury/Macclesfield. Please contact Maggie on 07729327940 if required.
Tegg's Nose is a hill east of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. It has a short ridge with a high point of 380 metres (1246 feet) at SJ947725, terminating in a promontory at the southern end. It lies on the western edge of the Peak District, although outside the boundary of the national park. Much of the hill's area falls within the Tegg's Nose Country Park, managed by Cheshire East Council Countryside Management Service; Tegg's Nose is also part of the Environmentally Sensitive Area Scheme.
Historically quarried for millstone grit, Tegg's Nose now includes a range of environments including moorland, meadow, farmland, broadleaved woodland and is rich in wildlife. Recreational uses of the area include walking, orienteering, horse riding, fell running, cycling, mountain biking, rock climbing, sledging and fishing.
Originally called "Tegge's Naze", "Tegge" might have been the name of an early Norse settler or might refer to a sheep ("teg"), while "nose" probably refers to the southern promontory. The area is believed to have been occupied during the Bronze Age, and there is a Bronze Age barrow near High Low Farm south of Tegg's Nose. After the Norman Conquest it formed part of the Royal Forest of Macclesfield, a hunting reserve owned by the Earls of Chester.
Head out of Macclesfield on the A537 towards Buxton. Turn right off the A537 onto Buxton Old Road. Teggs Nose Country Park is signposted off this road on the right.
