Green Walks out of Manchester

Walkers have never restricted themselves to official areas. This is never more true than in the case of the 1930s “trespassers”, who came out of Manchester and Sheffield into the Dark Peak and the South Pennines. Manchester’s pre-eminence in the North-West sits right on the edge of that region, and its walkers spill into the East Midlands and into Yorkshire and Humberside. In this grouping, we look at the metropolitan area as it is today, and beyond into the hinterland defined by transport.

Routes

• Baker Way
  A 21km route between Chester and Delamere, commemorating Jack Baker (1910-81), a local footpath officer and conservator (and also sometime Chairman of Offa’s Dyke Association).
• Bolton Rotary Way
  A walk of 82km around Bolton.
• Bury Village Link
  A 28km walk linking the villages in the more rural north and west of Bury borough.
• Cheshire Ring Canal Walk
  A 157km circuit of canal towpaths in and to the south of Manchester.
• Etherow and Goyt Valley Way
  A 25km route between Hadfield and Stockport.
• Fred Perry Way
  A 22km walk through the borough of Stockport, commemorating tennis player Fred Perry (1901–95), who was born in Stockport.
• Gritstone Trail
  A 56km walk between Disley and Kidsgrove.
• Irwell Sculpture Trail
  A 53km walk between Salford and the source of the River Irwell north of Bacup.
• Ladybrook Valley Interest Trail
  A 20km walk from Lyme Hall to Cheadle.
• Leeds Country Way
  A 99km circuit of the city.
• Longster Trail
  A 19km walk between Helsby Hill and the outskirts of Chester.
• Middlewood Way
  A 16km walk on the trackbed of a former railway between Marple and Macclesfield.
• Midshires Way
  A 361km walk between Princes Risborough and Stockport.
• Rochdale Way
  A 72km walk round the borough of Rochdale.
• Salford Trail
  A walk of 80km in the borough of Salford.
• Tameside Trail
  A 58km walk around the borough of Tameside.
• Transpennine Trail
  A 346km walk between Southport and Hornsea.

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