Manchester Weekend Walkers lead public transport walks into fantastic countryside all year round.
Overview
Direct walk
Leader: Andy Barclay
Meet Point: By the old Pillar Box outside the front main entrance to Manchester Piccadilly Station.
Transport to Walk Start: Any trains or trams etc. to Manchester Piccadilly
Suggested Ticket: Any means of travel to Central Manchester
Walk Start: Manchester Piccadilly at 11.00.
Waypoints: Ancoats, Miles Platting, Collyhurst, River Irk valley, Lowry's footbridge, Red Bank, Roger Street Footbridge, Corporation Street.
Return Services: Any services from Central Manchester.
Extra: Walk is timed to finish at the venue of the Greater Manchester and High Peak Area Ramblers AGM in good time for that meeting. No toilets on route. Please do not bring your dog (apart from assistance dogs).
This walk is timed to arrive at about 13.00 at the venue of the Greater Manchester Area Ramblers Annual General Meeting, the Cross Street Chapel. You can leave us there or come to the meeting, which will be followed by social drinks at around 15.00. It is a largely urban walk taking in short stretches of canal, quiet roads, parks and riverside walkways. It will mostly be on hard surfaces but there may be stretches of grass, mud and leaves. There is a climb up multiple steps to cross the so-called Lowry Footbridge towards the end of the walk, this can be missed out if anyone is struggling.
In front of the main station entrance, next to the disused Pillar Box
