Manchester Weekend Walkers lead public transport walks into fantastic countryside all year round.
Imelda C.
Train-based walk
Leader: Imelda
Transport to Walk Start: 10:03 train from Manchester Piccadilly (final destination Hadfield)
Meet Point: Meet at Manchester Piccadilly train station near the ticket barriers or on the platform. Alternatively, meet on the train or at the walk start at Hadfield station. Drivers please note that the start and end points of this walk are on different train routes, although you can return to the walk start using the 237 bus.
Suggested Ticket: GM Rail Ranger £8.20
Walk Start: Hadfield Railway Station at 10:45
Waypoints: Tintwistle Bridge, Tintwistle Low Moor, Arnfield, Swallows Wood Nature Reserve, Hollingworthall Moor, Wild Bank Hill, Eastwood Nature Reserve.
Return Services: From Stalybridge: x:21/23 to Piccadilly & x:52 to Victoria until 20:23. Extra train to Victoria at 19:00. Later trains at 20:54 (Piccadilly), 20:58 (Victoria), 21:20 (Victoria), 21:52 (Piccadilly), 22:19 (Victoria), 22:57 (Piccadilly), 23:10 (Victoria), 23:18 (Victoria).
Extra: No toilets at walk start or en route. After the walk, those wishing to stay on for refreshments can join us at a pub in Stalybridge.
This is an enjoyable and energetic 11 mile walk which passes through a variety of terrains - fields, woodland, moors, hills and steps through parkland. We pass by Bottoms reservoir, climb above Arnfield reservoir and go over the wonderfully named ‘Devil’s Bridge’ !
We ascend gradually with two ascents - one before lunch and one after - 670 metres in total and descend about the same. Descents require care due to loose stones and uneven surfaces.
We begin our walk climbing up through Tintwistle to pass the grave of Vivienne Westwood and a house where nothing happened! We then use often narrow moorland paths, sometimes walking alongside a steep downhill incline. After this, the paths open out over fields and farmland with great views across the Longendale Valley. Upon reaching woodland, we find paths which may be muddy due to streams flowing downhill.
Our highest point will be the trig point on Wild Bank Hill at 399m.
We cross a number of stiles and there are small bridges over streams.
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