Walk ch153 Raw Head and The Sandstone Trail from Higher Burwardsley

This 5½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Higher Burwardsley & will take about 3 hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:5½mls (8.5km)
Ascent:1,050ft (320m)
Time:3hrs
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Route outline for walk ch153:

Higher Burwardsley  -  The Sandstone Trail  -  Bulkeley Hill  -  Raw Head (Rawhead)  -  Bodnook Wood  -  Burwardsley Hill  -  Burwardsley  -  Higher Burwardsley

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Raw Head (Rawhead) at 227m (745ft). Raw Head (Rawhead) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Raw Head (Rawhead) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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.


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

OS Explorer 257 Crewe & Nantwich


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

OS Landranger 117 Chester & Wrexham, Ellesmere Port



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ch153 Raw Head and The Sandstone Trail from Higher Burwardsley

In no particular order . . .

Raw Head (Rawhead) Trig Point

Raw Head (Rawhead) Trig Point

Photo: Jim Seaton (21)

Sandstone Trail Information Board at Beacon Hill Car Park near Frodsham

Sandstone Trail Information Board at Beacon Hill Car Park near Frodsham

Photo: Derek Brindley (1)

The view from Raw Head (Rawhead)

The view from Raw Head (Rawhead)

Photo: Jim Seaton (19)

The view from Raw Head (Rawhead)

The view from Raw Head (Rawhead)

Photo: Jim Seaton (20)

Detail on Raw Head (Rawhead) Trig Point

Detail on Raw Head (Rawhead) Trig Point

Photo: Jim Seaton (22)


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