Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton

Superb Cheshire views and a Stately Home


Route outline for walk ch207:

Nelson Pit Visitors Centre  -  Higher Poynton  -  The Macclesfield Canal  -  The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk  -  Wood Lanes  -  Adlington Basin  -  Lockgate Farm  -  The North Cheshire Way  -  Harrop Brow  -  Birchencliff Farm  -  Keeper's Cottage  -  Dale Top  -  Sponds Moor  -  The Gritstone Trail  -  Sponds Hill  -  Bowstonegate Farm  -  Bow Stones  -  Higher Moor  -  Lyme Park Country Park  -  Lantern Wood  -  The Cage  -  Lyme Hall  -  Fallow Deer Park  -  The Lime Avenue  -  Lyme Park Car Park  -  Windgather Farm  -  Haresteads Farm  -  Nelson Pit Visitors Centre  -  Higher Poynton.




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
0
English
Mountains
Wainwright
0
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
0
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
0
English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
0
Marilyns
Bridget
1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Sponds Hill at 410m (1346ft). Sponds Hill is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Sponds Hill 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 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.


Part of this walk also follows a section of The Gritstone Trail, a 56km (35 miles) linear footpath connecting Disley in Cheshire, England with Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The Gritstone Trail is waymarked by a black boot and a yellow G. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Gritstone Trail.


Part of this walk also follows a section of The North Cheshire Way, a 113km (70 miles) linear footpath connecting Hooton Station in Cheshire, with Disley Station in Cheshire, England. The North Cheshire Way is waymarked by the letter NCW. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The North Cheshire Way.



You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Peak District National Park


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

OL1 The Peak District - Dark Peak area


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


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

109 Manchester, Bolton & Warrington


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton

In no particular order . . .

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) from The Macclesfield Canal

The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) from The Macclesfield Canal

Photo: Arella Kook (1)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Lyme Park in Winter

Lyme Park in Winter

Photo: Keith Selby (4)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Lyme Hall (left) and The Cage (right) with Manchester and Stockport beyond from the memorial in Lyme Park Country Park just north of Bowstonegate Farm

Lyme Hall (left) and The Cage (right) with Manchester and Stockport beyond from the memorial in Lyme Park Country Park just north of Bowstonegate Farm

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (18)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - The Cage - Lyme Park Country Park

The Cage - Lyme Park Country Park

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (22)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Sponds Hill from Lyme Park Country Park

Sponds Hill from Lyme Park Country Park

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (21)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Entrance to the Fallow Deer Park (closed in winter) - Lyme Park Country Park

Entrance to the Fallow Deer Park (closed in winter) - Lyme Park Country Park

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (25)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Pair of huge Snowmen on Sponds Hill - love the little snow dog (bottom left)

Pair of huge Snowmen on Sponds Hill - love the little snow dog (bottom left)

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (6)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Summit of Sponds Hill - and the Highest Point of the Gritstone Trail

Summit of Sponds Hill - and the Highest Point of the Gritstone Trail

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (13)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Track through Birchencliff Farm

Track through Birchencliff Farm

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (2)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Lyme Park in Winter

Lyme Park in Winter

Photo: Keith Selby (2)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Lyme Park Country Park East Lodge

Lyme Park Country Park East Lodge

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (20)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Lyme Park in Winter

Lyme Park in Winter

Photo: Keith Selby (7)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Stile on Dale Top in the snow

Stile on Dale Top in the snow

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (3)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Lyme Park in Winter

Lyme Park in Winter

Photo: Keith Selby (1)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - View point marker detail on the summit of Sponds Hill

View point marker detail on the summit of Sponds Hill

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (12)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Lyme Park in Winter

Lyme Park in Winter

Photo: Keith Selby (3)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - The Hall, Lyme Park

The Hall, Lyme Park

Photo: Julie Summerfield (2)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - The Hall, Lyme Park

The Hall, Lyme Park

Photo: Julie Summerfield (1)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Dale Top from Sponds Hill in the snow

Dale Top from Sponds Hill in the snow

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (10)

Walk ch207 Sponds Hill and Lyme Park from Higher Poynton - Lyme Park in Winter

Lyme Park in Winter

Photo: Keith Selby (6)


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