Connect Hyde with Slow Ways
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Greater Manchester
Slow Ways linking Hyde and Denton, Dukinfield, Glossop, Romiley, Stalybridge
England / Greater Manchester / Hyde
Hyde’s five Slow Ways are 55% checked
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Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Hyde from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Denton—Hyde
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Denhyd one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 42m | Descent 39m | ||
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Denton—Hyde
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Denhyd two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 98m | Descent 96m | ||
Dukinfield—Hyde
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Dukhyd one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 4km/3mi | Ascent 31m | Descent 42m | ||
Hyde—Glossop
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Hydglo one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 237m | Descent 185m | ||
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Hyde—Stalybridge
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Hydsta one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 144m | Descent 134m | ||
Romiley—Hyde
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Romhyd one |
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2 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 61m | Descent 55m |
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Collective progress
50% of Hyde’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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4 people have contributed to Hyde’s Slow Ways
4 people have pledged to walk and review a route
1 people have surveyed a route in Hyde
28km out of 40km have been walked and reviewed
55km of reviews have been shared in Hyde
Latest Updates
Leaving Hyde bus station, we definitely should have crossed Manchester Road/Market Street A57 straight away at the pedestrian lights, because the access to the canal is from the south side of the nasty busy road, and it was very difficult to cross it later – very pedestrian unfriendly. It was also a bit difficult with the buggy with three steps and a cobbled slope....
Mary Oz
I walked this from Dukinfield to Hyde with my youngest ever Slow Ways companion, my great niece who was just 20 weeks old, plus her mother and grandmother (my sister), so we were able to test the feasibility of the route with a buggy....
Mary Oz
As this one stands, it's still got quite a lot of suburban pavement, but Cheetham Park and Hyde Park make very nice diversions and the section past Hough Hill has quite broad views (or it did in January, I think if the trees are in leaf you'd just see the trees)....
Lauren G
Largely agreeing with previous comments from Nightauk - this is a nice simple walk, from Romiley it amounts to 'get to the towpath, turn north, and continue til you hit Manchester Road'. I did encounter some steps getting on and off the towpath, and it does include the Woodley Tunnel which I'm not comfortable walking through without a torch (there is a handrail between you and the canal, but the concrete underfoot is uneven and the ceiling gets very low if you try to move away from the water). Lovely views, even now when the trees are leafless, would be even better in the spring or summer....
Lauren G
I would recommend one alteration near Godley Brook: the current GPX recommends you leave the Trans Pennine Trail at Brook Fold Lane and head southeast to Little Acre Farm. This doesn't actually work, as the trail passes over Brook Fold Lane on a bridge (photo 2) and there's no direct way down. Furthermore between Brook Fold Lane and Little Acre Farm, there is a stream crossing (photo 3) which I found unnecessarily difficult....
Lauren G
At the start, facilities in the bus station are excellent with a ramp to access the broad footbridge, north over the M67 (photo 1). There is an incompletely-dropped kerb where the path emerges onto Mary Street, which has no footpath on the left and a footpath without a dropped kerb on the right. The access to the canal towpath from Nursery Road is via a modern ramp (photo 4). There is also ramped access to the canal from Dunkirk Lane (photo 5), which looks well used by residents of the north end of Hyde. Chapel Street is a quiet residential road with kerbs dropped only for car access (photo 12)....
nightauk
Likewise the 2 steps on the snake bridge at Hyde, Wood Lane access (photo in first review)....
nightauk
Some tunnels to go through, one of which is long a reasonably narrow, requiring a torch to safely navigate. Some bridges to go over, all of which are wheelchair/pram firendly but cobbled which may make it difficult on wet days....
Rhys I
There is also access for push chairs and cycles from Woodend Lane in Hyde, again with a couple of steps and the cobbled slope of a snake bridge (photos 1, 2 cobbled ramp, 3 child security checked before descending two steps, photo 4). More typically other access is by flights of steps (photo 5, access from Apethorn Lane, Hyde)....
nightauk
Hyde’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SJ9478695119
Lat / Lon
53.45282° / -2.07998°
Easting / Northing
394,786E / 395,119N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Hyde's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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