Recreational Walks in Cheshire - Long-distance Paths

Long-distance Paths

• Bishop Bennet Way, 34 miles (55 km), from Beeston to Wirswall, Staffordshire
• Cheshire Ring 156 km (97 mi) circular walk alongside six canals, via Dukinfield and Marple
• Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk, 29 miles (47 km), a circular walk around Crewe and Nantwich
• Gritstone Trail, 35 miles (56 km), from Disley to Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
• Marches Way, 200 miles (320 km), from Chester railway station to Cardiff, initially following the River Dee to Farndon, then passing through the border counties
• North Cheshire Way, 70 miles (110 km), Willaston to Lyme Park, linking the Wirral Way, Sandstone Trail and Gritstone Trail
• North West Coastal Trail. A proposed trail starting from The Groves, Chester, down the River Dee to West Kirby, using the Mersey ferries to Liverpool and then on to Carlisle. An alternative, the 'Mersey Loop' will run from Chester via Helsby, Frodsham and Runcorn to Liverpool
• Sandstone Trail, 34 miles (55 km), from Frodsham to Whitchurch, Shropshire
• South Cheshire Way, 32 miles (51 km), from Grindley Brook to Mow Cop. This can be used as a link between the Sandstone Trail and the Gritstone Trail
• Trans Pennine Trail, 207 miles (333 km), from Southport in Merseyside to Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire passing through Widnes
• Vale Royal Round, 34 miles (55 km), a circular walk taking in Northwich, Frodsham, Delamere Forest and Winsford
• Weaver Way, 40 miles (65 km), from Frodsham to Audlem via the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey and Shropshire Union Canals