Walks from Macclesfield
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Macclesfield Station.
Alternatively, view walks near Macclesfield by train.
Buxton to Macclesfield
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.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Stiles; busy road with no pavement and fast traffic.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Similar walk: Walk Midlands (inc. GPX).
Macclesfield Circular via Lamaload Reservoir
Steep residential roads, rolling pastures, quarried hilltop, moorland edges, forest, isolated chapel, reservoir, long ridgeline and canal towpath.
Time: 8h30 (7h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep ascents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Macclesfield Circular via Dane Valley
Macclesfield Canal towpath, rolling pastures, wooded valleys, exposed ridge, Dane Valley, tributary valleys, moorland fringes, gritstone ridges and reservoir.
Time: 9h30 (7h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wilmslow to Macclesfield
Recommended: A majorly off-road, easy-to-follow walk following the Bollin Valley Way nearly all the way, with steep steps at the Macclesfield end and increasingly marshy ground nearer Wilmslow. Well-marked with gates and steps and infrastructure in good condition. Follows the Bollin Valley Way.
Waterway: four fifths along the River Bollin.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: Prestbury has a pizzeria and pub.
End-of-walk reward: Macclesfield has shops and pubs.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Chelford to Macclesfield
A lovely hilly stroll across fields, down some lanes and with a couple of main roads. The ground is decent underfoot in dry conditions.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Macclesfield Circular via Shining Tor
Steep residential roads, rolling pastures, quarried hilltop, moorland, forest, isolated chapel, high moor to Shining Tor, reservoir, long ridgeline and canal towpath.
Time: 9h30 (8h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Very steep ascents.
Source: A longer variant of Macclesfield Circular via Teggs Nose and Kerridge Hill (Saturday Walkers Club).