Macclesfield Forest - Ramblers

Stockport Group

We are the Stockport Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Get in touch about this walk

Roy G.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.58 per month

Register for an account for FREE

Overview

The walk leader is Roy Gatley, if you have any questions about the walk phone or text Roy on Tel.‭ 07564 270700‬.

An 11 mile walk from Trentabank Car Park (or road side parking on Standing Stone Road).

Route: Trentabank-Macclesfield Forest-Shutlingsloe-Wildboarclough-The Nabbs-Greenway Bridge- Oakenclough-Gritstone trail-Langley-Clough House-Macclesfield Forest-Higher Ridgegate-Trentabank.

Saturday, 2 August 2025

Start time:: 10:00 am
Estimated finish time:: 4:00 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 17.7km / 11.0mi
Ascent:: N/A
Type:: circular

Features

Toilets available
Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:: SJ 96133 71148
Nearest postcode:: SK11 0NS
what3words:: dignity.lotteries.cowboys

Start time:: 10:00 am

Trentabank Car Park (or road side parking on Standing Stone Road).

Upcoming walks with Stockport Group

Placeholder image

A Tameside ramble

Start:

Difficulty:: Easy

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Placeholder image

Evening walk from Poynton

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Placeholder image

Cancelled: Danebridge to Wildboarclough (and back!)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.2 miles

Placeholder image

What a Cheek……circuit to highest point in Staffordshire via Axe Edge

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Placeholder image

Moorlands, woodlands and a valley trail

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Placeholder image

Lindow Common, Wilmslow

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.5 miles

Placeholder image

Macclesfield Forest

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Placeholder image

Cancelled: Bollington

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Placeholder image

Lymm and Dunham Circular B walk

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.0 miles

Placeholder image

Etherow Country Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 11.5 miles

Placeholder image

Beer drinking in Macclesfield

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 2.0 miles

Placeholder image

Danebridge to Wildboarclough and back!

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Placeholder image

Greater Manchester Ringway Stage 4. Bramhall Rail Station to Middlewood Station.

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.9 miles

Placeholder image

From Bronze Age to Supercars….. circuit of Alderley Edge - please not 11am start

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.3 miles

Placeholder image

Llandudno weekend away - Saturday 'C' walk - Llandudno Circular

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Placeholder image

Llandudno weekend away - Sunday 'C' walk in the Conwy Valley

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

Placeholder image

Blackstone Edge - Joint walk with Rochdale Ramblers

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

Placeholder image

Rowarth

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.8 miles

Placeholder image

Great Ridge from Mam Tor to Lose Hill and broken road

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.3 miles

Placeholder image

Alderley Edge - Overground / Underground

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.58 per month

Register for an account for FREE