Walks you can reach from Manchester Piccadilly by train
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Stalybridge Station to Mossley Station (Lancashire)
15m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
Easy: 5km, moderate ascents. 1h30.
Canal towpath and flat and easy-going. Can be very muddy or boggy.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Mossley Station to Greenfield Station (Lancashire)
15m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
Easy: 4km, moderate ascents. 1h.
Canal towpath and flat and easy-going. Part of the Tame Valley Way. Can be very muddy or boggy.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Buxton Station to Macclesfield Station (Derbyshire)
15m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
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 (Cheshire)
15m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
24km. 7h.
Steep residential roads, rolling pastures, quarried hilltop, moorland edges, forest, isolated chapel, reservoir, long ridgeline, and canal towpath. Steep ascents.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
New Mills Central Station to Marple Station (Derbyshire)
30m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
9km.
Spectacular. Canal towpath with residential roads and riverside paths. Scenic canal walk through Peak District foothills along the Peak Forest Canal. Muddy sections on towpath.
Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route
Greenfield Station to Marsden Station (Yorkshire)
30m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
Tough: steep ascents. 10km. 3h.
Canal towpath with open moorland. Part of the Standedge Trail.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Hadfield Station to Marsden Station (Derbyshire)
30m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
23km.
Spectacular views of valley while crossing dams. Primarily along the Pennine Way. Pennine Way since 1965. Hadfield = Royston Vassey in League of Gentlemen TV series. Longdendale Chain reservoirs (1830s-1884) supplied Manchester. Derelict textile mill at walk's end. Steep section beside Rakes Rocks; cliff edge high above clough; long flight of stone steps to descend near Marsden.
Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route
Marsden Station to Slaithwaite Station (Yorkshire)
30m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
Easy: 4km, flat terrain. 1h.
Canal towpath. Can be very muddy or boggy.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Glossop Station Circular via Doctors Gate (Derbyshire)
30m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
Tough: steep ascents. 16km. 5h.
Can be very muddy or boggy.
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Chinley Station to Hope Station (Derbyshire)
30m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
Tough: steep ascents. 17km. 5h.
Panoramic views.
Documented by Railwalks — download GPX route
Congleton Station to Kidsgrove Station (Cheshire)
45m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
11km.
Spectacular views across Cheshire plain. Countryside ridge walk with gritstone outcrops, woodland paths, and fields. Mow Cop is where Primitive Methodism began in 1800 with mass prayer meetings by Hugh Bourne and William Clowes. Stiles and steps; steep downhill sections.
Documented by Walk Midlands — download GPX route
Hadfield Station to Penistone Station (Derbyshire)
45m direct from Manchester Piccadilly.
25km.
Impressive vistas. Old railway trackbed (Longdendale Trail/Trans Pennine Trail), moorland paths, and country roads. Trans Pennine Trail follows the course of the old Woodhead Railway Line between Manchester and Sheffield. Electrified with new tunnel in 1950s, closed 1981 after 30 years. Steep tarmac section; busy A628 crossed three times; steep climb.