Manchester Weekend Walkers lead public transport walks into fantastic countryside all year round.
Train & Bus based walk
Leader: Mark F (Joining train at Stockport)
Meet Point: Near the ticket barriers, or on the platform at Piccadilly Station. Alternatively, meet the group on the train, at Macclesfield bus station in time for the 10:15 "58" bus, or at the walk start.
Transport to Walk Start: 09:25 train from Manchester Piccadilly, then the 10:15 No. 58 bus from Macclesfield bus station
Suggested Ticket: GM Wayfarer £17.40
Walk Start: Cat & Fiddle public house at 10:40
Waypoints: Danebower Hollow, Danebower Quarries, Three Shires Head, Wildboarclough, Shuttleingsloe, Macclesfield Forest, Tegs Nose, Macclesfield Canal
Return Services: Trains every 15 mins from Macclesfield to Stockport / Manchester
Extra: Please use the toilet on the train. There are toilets at Macclesfield Railway station, but not at walk start and at Teggs Nose visitor Centre. Optional drinks at the end of the walk. Please do not bring your dog (apart from assistance dogs).:
This linear walk from the Cat & Fiddle public House to Macclesfield is a strenuous hike around the Western side of the Peak District National Park.
Our first stop is the beautiful waterfalls and Packhorse bridges of Three Shires Head, where the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet. We then venture on, through Wildboarclough, before we start the first of two big climbs, to the top of Shuttlingsloe. We then wander through Macclesfield Forest for a while before tackling the strenuous climb up to the viewpoint at Teggs Nose.
It's downhill all the way from there, via a well deserved rest at the visitor centre, through fields and along the canal to Macclesfield.
There are no bail out points on this walk, so make sure you can walk the full distance with some steep climbing thrown in.
