Brahaz one

Verified Slow Way

Verified by 75.00% of reviewers

The walk starts at Hazel grove station and turns onto a stable path, however, it soon descends down towards the stream on very steep unstable and muddy steps. Walking along the stream at Fred Perry Way is lovely but there are pedestrian styles and this walk is not suitable for wheelchairs or prams, it also seems that half of Fred Perry Way has been gated off to prevent access.
I would not walk all of it again but the part along the stream I would.

I really enjoyed this beautiful walk.
I would suggest it would be nice the 2 railway bridges could do with cleaning the path and sand down the metal and give it paint makes very nice and pleasant start (photo 4) then a little tidy up the path (photo 5 & 10) the rest of the walk specially as you walk with river on your left but when you get to the main road a bit confusing first of all there is a gate on Seal Road (photo 12)that is closed so you have reroute from the main road and then I lost my bearing and took a wrong turn on Dawlish close end up in Milton Road which still took me to Bramhall Lane south.
All together a pleasant walk and very nice rout will do it again.

I walked this a while back in May with Brapoy and Brahaz looks like I forgot to submit this review.

I'm not convinced that the station is the best meeting place for Hazel Grove but will leave that to locals to consider. I walked Hazel Grove to Bramhall. Nice view of Peak District hills from the station bridge.

A well used footpath starts the walk passing the cricket ground, crossing the two rail lines by the stepped bridges. Once on the road, first quiet then a little busier but a mix of old lane cottages and later suburban dwellings. A private road leads to a footpath into Happy Valley Nature Reserve a very pleasant oasis. I spotted a heron and a child paddling.

The path surface was being improved as I passed through. South of Seal Road FP28 is closed by a gate across it. So I walked Dairyground Road to the shops where it's possible to pick up the path although not well plotted. Easy pavement pounding, past Bramhall station to the pleasant meeting place, seats by the modern church.

Reviewed east-to-west.

A good route, although access isn't perfect: there are two railway bridges with steps at the Hazel Grove end (photo 1), and there's a muddy stepped path where Wallbank Road meets the nature reserve (photo 2). There's also one kissing gate (photo 3) and one squeeze stile (photo 4). Generally not suitable for wheelchairs/pushchairs but otherwise well recommended.

I don't think it'd be possible to create an alternate route without steps, as at some point you're going to have to cross the railway.

At the point where you cross Seal Road near Bramhall High School there was a locked gate (photo 5) so couldn't proceed down the footpath. Easily bypassed by walking down the parallel Dairyground Road instead.

GPX track is a bit vague in a couple of places, but combined with OpenStreetMap no serious problems.

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