Walk ch128 Gawsworth from Oakgrove

This 4½ mile, Grade 1 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Oakgrove & will take about 1½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:4½mls (7km)
Ascent:66ft (20m)
Time:1½hrs
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Route outline for walk ch128:

Oakgrove  -  The Macclesfield Canal  -  The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk  -  Gawsworth  -  Oakgrove

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk, a 158km (98 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Marple in Greater Manchester, England.

The canals that form the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk are (anticlockwise from Marple): The Peak Forest Canal, The Ashton and Rochdale Canals to Castlefield, Manchester, The Bridgewater Canal to Preston Brook, The Trent and Mersey Canal to Hardings Wood Junction near Kidsgrove and The Macclesfield Canal back to Marple.

The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk is waymarked by a bridge & barge motif. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk.


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

OS Explorer 268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton, Altrincham, Knutsford & Sandbach


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

OS Landranger 118 Stoke-on-Trent & Macclesfield



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ch128 Gawsworth from Oakgrove

In no particular order . . .

Gawsworth Church

Gawsworth Church

Photo: Craig Hillier (6)

Gawsworth Church

Gawsworth Church

Photo: Graham Dawson (1)

Gargoyle detail on Gawsworth Church

Gargoyle detail on Gawsworth Church

Photo: Craig Hillier (8)

Statue of Robert Peel near the entrance to Gawsworth Old Hall

Statue of Robert Peel near the entrance to Gawsworth Old Hall

Photo: Craig Hillier (2)

The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) from The Macclesfield Canal

The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) from The Macclesfield Canal

Photo: Arella Kook (1)

Gargoyle close-up on Gawsworth Church

Gargoyle close-up on Gawsworth Church

Photo: Craig Hillier (9)

Gawsworth Church across the lake in front of Gawsworth Old Hall

Gawsworth Church across the lake in front of Gawsworth Old Hall

Photo: Craig Hillier (5)

Entrance to Gawsworth Church

Entrance to Gawsworth Church

Photo: Craig Hillier (11)

The entrance gates to Gawsworth Old Hall

The entrance gates to Gawsworth Old Hall

Photo: Craig Hillier (1)

Entrance steps to Gawsworth Church

Entrance steps to Gawsworth Church

Photo: Craig Hillier (10)


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