Best walks from Macclesfield
MapJump on a train, get off at Macclesfield Station and lose yourself in a beautiful hike for the day.
Buxton Station to Macclesfield Station
18km.
Spectacular views. Wild landscape of deep valleys and gritstone peaks and studded with peat bogs and pine forests. Buxton developed as a fashionable spa in 18th-19th centuries using profits from Dukes of Devonshire's copper mines. Macclesfield granted borough charter for market in 13th Century. Stiles; busy road with no pavement and fast traffic.
Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route
Macclesfield Station Circular via Teggs Nose and Kerridge Hill
24km. 7h.
Steep residential roads, rolling pastures, quarried hilltop, moorland edges, forest, isolated chapel, reservoir, long ridgeline, and canal towpath. Steep ascents.