Greater Manchester Boundary Walk
A walk of 222km encircling Greater Manchester.
From the conventional start-point at Woolley Bridge, the route passes through Wilmslow, skirts the airport, and passes Ashton-in-Makerfield. before taking to the northern heights through Ramsbottom and over Blackstone Edge, and returning to Woolley Bridge. Public transport is plentiful except in the rugged moorland in the north, where it is merely adequate. The final section may be broken at Greenfield.
Maps are provided as below.
| Woolley Bridge to Strines 14.9km; 419m ascent | Map |
| Strines to Bramhall 13.3km; 133m ascent | Map |
| Bramhall to Altrincham Road 13.2km; 123m ascent | Map |
| Altrincham Road to Lymm Road 16.4km; 179m ascent | Map |
| Lymm Road to Glazebury 16.0km; 58m ascent | Map |
| Glazebury to Stubshaw Cross 13.1km; 72m ascent | Map |
| Stubshaw Cross to Orrell 15.4km; 232m ascent | Map |
| Orrell to Standish 14.1km; 288m ascent | Map |
| Standish to Rivington Pike 15.8km; 400m ascent | Map |
| Rivington Pike to Entwistle 13.4km;291 m ascent | Map |
| Entwistle to Ramsbottom 15.5km; 456m ascent | Map |
| Ramsbottom to Whitworth 15.0km; 443m ascent | Map |
| Whitworth to Blackstone Edge 13.2km; 569m ascent | Map |
| Blackstone Edge to Diggle 13.4km; 268m ascent | Map |
| Diggle to Woolley Bridge 18.8km; 691m ascent | Map |
Observations
The linked reference is rather outdated, but the route should still be followable using the 1:25000 Ordnance Survey maps.
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