Walk ch116 The Sandstone Trail and The Shropshire Union Canal from Tarpoley

This 6 mile, Grade 2 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Tarpoley & will take about 2½ hrs to complete.

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6mls (9.5km)
Ascent:	295ft (90m)
Time:	2½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ch116:

Tarpoley - The Sandstone Trail - Ferney Lees - Wharton's Bridge - The Shorpshire Union Canal - Wharton's Lock - A49 - Tiverton - Tarpoley

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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Bridgets

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Sandstone Trail, a 51km (32 miles) linear footpath connecting Frodsham in Cheshire, England with Whitchurch in Shropshire, England. The Sandstone Trail is waymarked by black bootmarks with a yellow S. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Sandstone Trail.

You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

(worth a look if you're new to go4awalk.com & have never seen one of these before.)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer 257 Crewe & Nantwich

OS Explorer 267 Northwich & Delamere Forest, Winsford & Middlewich

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 117 Chester & Wrexham, Ellesmere Port

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ch116 The Sandstone Trail and The Shropshire Union Canal from Tarpoley

In no particular order . . .

Wharton's Lock on The Shropshire Union Canal with Beeston Castle in the background

Photo: David Etchells (8)

Beeston Castle from fields near Wharton's Lock on The Shropshire Union Canal

Photo: David Etchells (6)

The Shropshire Union Canal from Wharton's Lock

Photo: David Etchells (9)

Wharton's Lock on The Shropshire Union Canal

Photo: David Etchells (7)

Sandstone Trail Information Board at Beacon Hill Car Park near Frodsham

Photo: Derek Brindley (1)

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