Beyond Moss Hollins, Millbrook, Heyrod, Mossley

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.49 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 3h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 226 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 232 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 259 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 116 m
  • ⚐
    District: Tameside 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.51801° / W 2.04655°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 210 m - Start near Market St, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne OL5, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 210 m - Walk north-east on Stamford St/A670 towards Market St
  3. 3 : km 0.15 - alt. 203 m - Walk north on Stamford St/A670 towards Stockport Rd
  4. 4 : km 0.16 - alt. 203 m - Turn right onto Stockport Rd/A670
  5. 5 : km 0.17 - alt. 202 m - Turn right onto Stamford Rd
  6. 6 : km 0.74 - alt. 169 m - Walk south on Stamford Rd towards B6177
  7. 7 : km 0.98 - alt. 156 m - Turn left onto B6177
  8. 8 : km 1.02 - alt. 152 m - Turn right onto Manchester Rd/A635
  9. 9 : km 1.03 - alt. 151 m - Turn left onto Mill St
  10. 10 : km 1.04 - alt. 151 m - Walk east on Mill St towards Waggon Rd
  11. 11 : km 1.13 - alt. 138 m - Walk east on Mill St towards Waggon Rd
  12. 12 : km 1.15 - alt. 135 m - Turn left onto Waggon Rd
  13. 13 : km 1.32 - alt. 134 m - Continue onto Micklehurst Rd
  14. 14 : km 1.38 - alt. 136 m - Walk east on Micklehurst Rd towards Station Rd
  15. 15 : km 1.39 - alt. 136 m - Turn left onto Station Rd
  16. 16 : km 1.67 - alt. 148 m - Turn right onto Moorlands Cres
  17. 17 : km 1.68 - alt. 149 m - Walk west on Moorlands Cres towards Station Rd
  18. 18 : km 1.69 - alt. 148 m - Turn right onto Station Rd
  19. 19 : km 1.83 - alt. 157 m - Walk east on Winterford Rd towards The Uplands
  20. 20 : km 2.38 - alt. 202 m - Turn right onto Huddersfield Rd/B6175
  21. 21 : km 2.38 - alt. 201 m - Walk north on Huddersfield Rd/B6175 towards Winterford Rd
  22. 22 : km 2.54 - alt. 201 m - Turn right onto Howard's Ln
  23. 23 : km 2.55 - alt. 202 m - Walk east on Howard's Ln towards Moor Edge Rd
  24. 24 : km 2.82 - alt. 241 m - Slight left to stay on Howard's Ln
  25. 25 : km 2.93 - alt. 253 m - Walk east on Moor Edge Rd
  26. 26 : km 3.31 - alt. 254 m - Walk south on Moor Edge Rd
  27. 27 : km 3.53 - alt. 256 m - Walk south-west on Moor Edge Rd
  28. 28 : km 3.78 - alt. 257 m - Walk south on Moor Edge Rd towards Castle Ln
  29. 29 : km 4.03 - alt. 221 m - Walk south-west on Moor Edge Rd towards Castle Ln
  30. 30 : km 4.03 - alt. 221 m - Turn left onto Castle Ln
  31. 31 : km 4.29 - alt. 202 m - Walk south-east on Castle Ln towards Carr Rise
  32. 32 : km 4.43 - alt. 196 m - Walk south-west on Carr Rise towards Carrbrook Rd
  33. 33 : km 4.54 - alt. 190 m - Continue onto Buckton Vale Rd
  34. 34 : km 4.68 - alt. 191 m - Enter the roundabout
  35. 35 : km 4.69 - alt. 191 m - Walk south towards Buckton Vale Rd
  36. 36 : km 4.69 - alt. 192 m - Exit the roundabout onto Buckton Vale Rd
  37. 37 : km 5.21 - alt. 177 m - Enter the roundabout
  38. 38 : km 5.21 - alt. 177 m - Walk west towards Huddersfield Rd/B6175
  39. 39 : km 5.21 - alt. 177 m - Exit the roundabout onto Huddersfield Rd/B6175
  40. 40 : km 5.44 - alt. 179 m - Walk south on Huddersfield Rd/B6175 towards Buckton Dr
  41. 41 : km 5.68 - alt. 171 m - Walk south on Huddersfield Rd/B6175
  42. 42 : km 5.92 - alt. 163 m - Walk south on Huddersfield Rd/B6175 towards Crowswood Dr
  43. 43 : km 6.18 - alt. 155 m - Walk south-west on Huddersfield Rd/B6175 towards Oxford St
  44. 44 : km 6.55 - alt. 136 m - Walk south-west on Huddersfield Rd/B6175 towards Grove Rd
  45. 45 : km 6.59 - alt. 137 m - Turn right onto Grove Rd
  46. 46 : km 6.76 - alt. 137 m - Walk north-west on Grove Rd towards Off Grove Rd
  47. 47 : km 7.03 - alt. 126 m - Walk north-west on Grove Rd
  48. 48 : km 7.04 - alt. 126 m - Continue onto Spring Bank Ln
  49. 49 : km 7.34 - alt. 120 m - Walk north-west on Spring Bank Ln towards Printworks Rd
  50. 50 : km 7.58 - alt. 141 m - Turn left onto Wakefield Rd/A635
  51. 51 : km 7.58 - alt. 141 m - Walk north on Wakefield Rd/A635 towards Spring Bank Ln
  52. 52 : km 7.81 - alt. 135 m - Walk north on Wakefield Rd/A635 towards Manchester Rd
  53. 53 : km 8.05 - alt. 135 m - Walk north on Manchester Rd/A635 towards Boundary Cl
  54. 54 : km 8.3 - alt. 135 m - Walk north on Manchester Rd/A635
  55. 55 : km 8.58 - alt. 129 m - Walk north-east on Manchester Rd/A635
  56. 56 : km 8.92 - alt. 139 m - Walk north on Manchester Rd/A635 towards Egmont St
  57. 57 : km 9.15 - alt. 145 m - Walk north on Manchester Rd/A635 towards Waggon Rd
  58. 58 : km 9.4 - alt. 150 m - Walk north on Manchester Rd/A635 towards Mill St
  59. 59 : km 9.48 - alt. 152 m - Walk west on B6177 towards Stamford Rd
  60. 60 : km 9.52 - alt. 156 m - Turn right onto Stamford Rd
  61. 61 : km 9.71 - alt. 167 m - Walk north on Stamford Rd towards Hanover St
  62. 62 : km 10.01 - alt. 184 m - Walk north on Stamford Rd towards Hanover St
  63. 63 : km 10.31 - alt. 203 m - Walk west on Stamford Rd towards Stockport Rd/A670
  64. 64 : km 10.33 - alt. 202 m - Turn left onto Stockport Rd/A670
  65. 65 : km 10.34 - alt. 203 m - Slight left onto Stamford St/A670
  66. S/E : km 10.49 - alt. 209 m

Useful Information

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