Whaley Bridge — Chapel-en-le-Frith
Whacha one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Whaley Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Whaley Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 2 people.
This route has been flagged (1 times) for reasons relating to accuracy.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 2
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Yes (1) Maybe (1)
Problems reported - Accuracy (1)
Downloads - 16
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Whaley Bridge
Grid Ref
SK0115581467
Lat / Lon
53.33013° / -1.98412°
Easting / Northing
401,155E / 381,467N
What3Words
lotteries.lighten.query
Chapel-en-le-Frith
Grid Ref
SK0588280770
Lat / Lon
53.32384° / -1.91315°
Easting / Northing
405,882E / 380,770N
What3Words
dreamers.cutback.footpath
Whacha One's land is
| Whaley Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK0115581467 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.33013° / -1.98412° |
| Easting / Northing | 401,155E / 381,467N |
| What3Words | lotteries.lighten.query |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK0588280770 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.32384° / -1.91315° |
| Easting / Northing | 405,882E / 380,770N |
| What3Words | dreamers.cutback.footpath |
| Other agricultural land | 10.8% |
| Pasture | 71.7% |
| Urban | 17.5% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Johnsski
16 Jul 2023It's a nice walk with good views either from the top of Eccles pike or while you are contouring round it. Through fields with sheep in and hay meadows. It's a bit overgrown in places towards Chapel. It could do with amending at the start to shorten it slightly & save an unnecessary uphill.
Lauren G
14 May 2022Walked from Chapel to Whaley, and included a little detour to the top of Eccles Pike, since you pass so close to it. A really nice walk - it does include steep sections, and paths are occasionally faint or unclear on the ground, but there's no complicated navigation here anyway. Enter field, walk to other side of field, climb stile.
Reasons to do this walk: lovely views throughout the middle section of the walk, on a nice day you can see as far as central Manchester. Eccles Pike has a topograph on top which points out nearby tors and settlements, and you can see Combs Reservoir from there too.
Underfoot, it's a lot of sheep pasture, as well as some rocky paths and one small field that had a lot of cows. Previously in this area I've also seen cows wandering around on Eccles Pike summit. There is also a small amount of road-walking but I saw more cyclists than cars. There are multiple stiles of different designs on this route, as well as narrow gates.
There are occasional gates with signs like 'Farmwatch: you're being watched' which suggest the path might be blocked by a landowner, but none of them were locked and the public footpath signs continue past the gate. The GPS track as it currently exists is accurate and suitable for use.
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