Lymm — Altrincham
Lymalt one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Lymm and Altrincham.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Lymm and Altrincham.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 2 people.
This route has been flagged (1 time) for reasons relating to access.
This route has been flagged (1 time) for reasons relating to safety.
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Information
Route status - Live
Reviews - 2
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (2)
Problems reported - Access (1) Safety (1)
Downloads - 2
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Lymm
Grid Ref
SJ6833887247
Lat / Lon
53.38113° / -2.47744°
Easting / Northing
368,338E / 387,247N
What3Words
drummers.mammals.local
Altrincham
Grid Ref
SJ7693787898
Lat / Lon
53.38743° / -2.34822°
Easting / Northing
376,937E / 387,898N
What3Words
fails.terms.stacks
Lymalt One's land is
| Lymm | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SJ6833887247 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.38113° / -2.47744° |
| Easting / Northing | 368,338E / 387,247N |
| What3Words | drummers.mammals.local |
| Altrincham | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SJ7693787898 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.38743° / -2.34822° |
| Easting / Northing | 376,937E / 387,898N |
| What3Words | fails.terms.stacks |
| Arable | 56.8% |
| Pasture | 9.1% |
| Urban | 34.2% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Mary Oz
03 Jan 2025I have not walked the entirety of this route, but I expect that I would normally have given this route 4* or 5*. However...
This is a (hopefully) temporary review to flag the fact that on 1st January 2025 there was a serious breach of the canal, on the towpath side, flooding the surrounding countryside. I believe it happened very close to the Swan with Two Nicks pub at Little Bollington.
https://waterways.org.uk/about-us/news/bridgewater-canal-breach
The canal here is the responsibility of a private company rather than the Canal and River Trust. Who knows when this will be repaired? A similar breach happened in 1971 which took two years to repair.
Jenny Allen
04 Dec 2021Thus route involves walking along busy roads to reach the Bridgewater canal. The route is then direct along the canal towpath to Lymm. I would not walk this route to join the canal towards Lymm.
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Mary Oz
25 Aug 2024I agree that this is not the nicest, not most direct route to the canal, but the route should not be failed on safety grounds, because it has safe pavements all the way to the canal. However the route to access the towpath from the A56 is inaccurate, you would need to via the car park to the north of the canal/east of the A56. So a fail on inaccuracy grounds would be fair enough.
The canal would still make a nice alternative route to the Trans Pennine Trail, but with a better access route, perhaps through Oldfield Brow, or Dunham Massey. -
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