Description
Route mainly following the Macclesfield Canal
Route mainly following the Macclesfield Canal
Status
This route has been reviewed by 4 people.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 4
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (4)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Kidsgrove
Grid Ref
SJ8372854378
Lat / Lon
53.08638° / -2.24440°
Easting / Northing
383,728E / 354,378N
What3Words
pill.foster.visits
Congleton
Grid Ref
SJ8594262962
Lat / Lon
53.16361° / -2.21172°
Easting / Northing
385,942E / 362,962N
What3Words
order.media.fetch
| Kidsgrove | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SJ8372854378 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.08638° / -2.24440° |
| Easting / Northing | 383,728E / 354,378N |
| What3Words | pill.foster.visits |
| Congleton | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SJ8594262962 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.16361° / -2.21172° |
| Easting / Northing | 385,942E / 362,962N |
| What3Words | order.media.fetch |
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reviews
Ian Morton
13 Dec 2023A lovely canal-side route from Kidsgrove to Congleton. Walked in two sections in December- one of which was just after a spell of heavy rain, so some of the unpaved sections of canal path were unavoidably greasy/muddy.
In view of this we took a different route into Congleton to avoid the route across the golf course and fields. Avoiding the turning away from the canal shown on the gpx route we continued a little further to where the canal crosses the minor road from Mossley to Congleton Cebtre, and turned down here instead. It added no more than a few hundred metres but in Winter or wet weather is a good alternative imho.
I would walk it again though - it’s a pretty route.
Patrick Barkham
08 Nov 2023Lovely walk almost all on quiet canal towpaths (not always paved). Some unexpectedly nice countryside, peaceful views and a load of kingfishers! It was so good I wrote about it – and Slow Ways – for The Guardian ( https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/03/slow-ways-app-map-140000-miles-footpaths-walking-pedestrian-friendly-england-wales ).
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Danravenellison
26 Oct 2023This is a brilliant route by David. We even saw two kingfisher's within a few minutes of walking down the canal!
The route is mostly on the canal and is easy to follow.
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David Sanderson
05 Feb 2023Safe, direct and very easy to follow. Relaxing and offroad. Little in the way of shops, but there are canalside benches and a pub around halfway. The towpath gets boggy so I'd recommend wearing boots. There are steps at Kidsgrove Station and from the Trent and Mersey to the Macclesfield Canal.
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