Things start to feel more rural along Broughton Road and Church Lane....

LornaF

This isn’t the most picturesque route out of Crewe, but it does include the rather splendid Queen’s Park, it is pretty flat and is surfaced the whole way. If the park is closed, it is possible to divert around it - turn left onto Queen’s Park Drive when you leave Tipkinder Park. The route includes the King Shilling Way which runs parallel to the busy Middlewich Road - separated from the road by a verge and a hedge....

LornaF

Sometimes it’s that the adjacent landowner wants nothing to do with path users and erects a screen to protect them and their property from path users. The walk along Weston Road is noisy and at the far end a sign directs cyclists to cross so that may be a better route. More essential duckboards on the other side then the path bursts out into a large green area, escape at last. Cynical me wonders how long this will remain green as large scale development is taking place on the other side of the hedge and west of the A5020 where a roundabout is ready and waiting for connecting roads. Weston has, or more likely had, a convenience store but it does have a large inn cum hotel perhaps filled with users of the three recreational walking routes that pass through. We can’t go wrong to the road crossing although something is not quite in the correct place. Staffordshire stiles, for Staffordshire read decrepit, take us to Mill Dale Farm where users of Audley FP12 are required to walk on water so it’s a bit confusing. Our path, Audley 10 has been broken up into small cattle grazing paddocks. Crossing the road we take Audley FP81 where a sign warns ’Beware of Alpaca’. Under the motorway then crossing a minor road to rejoin the TSW passing a reservoir and a very muddy field and eventually dropping down towards Audley....

Ken

Some nice scenery and a good variety of scenery: rivers, farmland, woodland and old buildings....

Kabutomushi

Starting in Crewe means following a busy main road until reaching Haslington. The path on this side of the canal and the following woods has been significantly improved by the work of volunteers in the Sandbach Woodland and Wildlife group....

Janet

Overall, the route is ok, but I can't quite recommend it for a number of accuracy and access issues that make it just not fully workable for anyone but the bravest and most willing of countryside walkers. After that, there's a good stretch of fields where the footpath is... Overall, this route had some nice bits and some highlights, but it was also a very challenging one, with lots of obstacles....

mtormey

Apart from this, and one field where the grass was rather long, the footpaths and roads were all very easy to follow, and this was a very enjoyable route....

Mary Oz

You could walk to the end of this lane if you wanted to stop off at Bradfield Green for refreshments, using either the pub or the excellent cafe at the garden centre by the crossroads. However, if you do not need to stop for refreshments you could take a short cut by using the footpath accessed by a stile on the right off Moss Lane just past the pylons. At Parkfield Farm, the OS map shows the path going through the centre of the farm, but this has been blocked off, so turn left to walk in front of the farm buildings and then right at the end of them, to see the bridge over the railway line directly ahead. The next section between here and Hopley House is the worst part of the walk. After this comes a short section along the busy A530 until you reach Hopley House....

Penny

Next, approaching the canal was a great combination of quiet farm tracks and footpaths, largely easily navigable. Finally, the approach into Crewe is admirably quiet and green, with just a little bit of the last stretch along major roads....

mtormey

I walked Wincre 2, but I am able to confirm that Wincre 1, which is almost the same and could be viewed from Wincre 2, is unsuitable to be included in the network due to the busy narrow road at Church Minshull, as described by Ken....

Mary Oz

A very pleasant and easy canal towpath section followed, which made up about 30% of the entire route....

Mary Oz

Inspecting wincre-1 on the map and Google Street View, before the walk, identified the short section of road between the canal bridge and Church Minshull as a bit iffy....

Ken

This leads out on to a short section of lane walking. Beyond Clive House we discovered the right of way to be unused as we were able to follow a path on to the lane. Moss Lane itself was intriguing in that it is a straight but narrow country lane which seems to be very well used by locals on foot and was really pleasant to follow. Moss Lane leads to the edge of Crewe and the route to the meeting place follows green ways through the suburbs and then a fairly direct route by pavement through the town centre, including the bus station....

David Sanderson

A garden centre at Bradfield Green is an alternative for refreshment. The approach to Crewe was a pleasant surprise, a green corridor often much wider than required, making it feel very safe and pleasant....

Ken

At the Hall o' the Heath several footpaths converge and there is an optional redirection as well, making this the place where most concentration is needed to follow the route, but otherwise a very straightforward walk....

Penny

Despite the marshy conditions (this was the day after Storm Eunice) all of the footpaths were well marked and really easy to follow. Reaching Hall o' the Heath, the farmer has directed the foopath away from the marked right of way, this would be slightly quicker to follow, but as I was reviewing I followed the path as marked on the map and was able to do so. A well marked path across a field takes you to the residential streets of Alsager and it's via those and some footpaths that you get to the meeting spot by the station....

David Sanderson

Once in the village, follow the sign to Crewe golf course, and shortly after that you will be following a route of farm tracks or footpaths through fields....

Penny

This is a quick direct route between the two towns and is roughly half road walking and half footpaths through fields....

Penny