Hazel Grove — Marple
Hazmar two
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By nightauk on 25 Jul 2021
Description
This route crosses the busy A6 and A627 using pedestrian crossings to access Torkington Park.
It uses Torkington Rd from where it then accesses the Middlewood Way.
Then crosses Marple Golf Course to access the Macclesfield Canal towpath, Marple canal junction and Peak Forest canal.
The drawback is the 1.46km of Torkington Rd, which is a pleasant rural lane with no footpath (I cycle it frequently) but it is used by occasional cars. I suspect that local landowners have managed to discourage footpath usage to the north and south of this lane
This route crosses the busy A6 and A627 using pedestrian crossings to access Torkington Park.
It uses Torkington Rd from where it then accesses the Middlewood Way.
Then crosses Marple Golf Course to access the Macclesfield Canal towpath, Marple canal junction and Peak Forest canal.
The drawback is the 1.46km of Torkington Rd, which is a pleasant rural lane with no footpath (I cycle it frequently) but it is used by occasional cars. I suspect that local landowners have managed to discourage footpath usage to the north and south of this lane
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Maximum elevation
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Start and end points
Hazel Grove
Grid Ref
SJ9198386751
Lat / Lon
53.37757° / -2.12197°
Easting / Northing
391,983E / 386,751N
What3Words
towns.images.maker
Marple
Grid Ref
SJ9630589327
Lat / Lon
53.40077° / -2.05704°
Easting / Northing
396,305E / 389,327N
What3Words
engineers.employ.straws
| Hazel Grove | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SJ9198386751 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.37757° / -2.12197° |
| Easting / Northing | 391,983E / 386,751N |
| What3Words | towns.images.maker |
| Marple | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SJ9630589327 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.40077° / -2.05704° |
| Easting / Northing | 396,305E / 389,327N |
| What3Words | engineers.employ.straws |
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review
Andrew B
06 Jul 2023 (edited 05 Jul 2023)This route crosses the busy A6 and A627 using pedestrian crossings to access Torkington Park.
It uses Torkington Rd from where it then accesses the Middlewood Way.
Then crosses Marple Golf Course to access the Macclesfield Canal towpath, Marple canal junction and Peak Forest canal.
Torkington Rd, is a rural lane with no footpath and you have to be careful as you are faced with the odd oncoming car having to lean into the hedge for them to pass you safely.This route has access problems, more use needs to be made of the Middlewood Way and Macclesfield canal in order to stay off-road.
I would not walk this whole route again and if you have access issues such as a bike or wheelchair this route is not suitable.
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