Kidsgrove to Stoke-on-Trent
A station-to-station walkStaffordshireWest Midlands
Moderate
7
MI
Mostly Trent and Mersey Canal towpath, with a woodland-and-road section over the hill around Harecastle Tunnel through Bathpool Park. The canal offers great variety, passing industrial relics and modern development and with steps at the Kidsgrove end and some shallow mud but a lot of good surfaces.
Waterway: four fifths along the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Warnings: Crossing the road in Kidsgrove needs care — no proper crossings, just raised road sections. Steps from Kidsgrove station car park to the towpath. The towpath is shared with the 555 cycleway and is narrow in places.
Credits
Walk details: Slow Ways.