Tegg's Nose, Gritstone Trail, Macclesfield Forest

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 14.42 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 602 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 609 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 434 m
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    Lowest point: 200 m
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 346 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.04 - alt. 346 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.47 - alt. 344 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.52 - alt. 353 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 1.03 - alt. 371 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 1.38 - alt. 318 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 1.89 - alt. 209 m - Turn left onto Sutton FP 6
  8. 8 : km 1.99 - alt. 205 m - Turn left onto Sutton BR 8
  9. 9 : km 2 - alt. 206 m - Turn sharp right onto Sutton FP 38
  10. 10 : km 2.39 - alt. 201 m - Turn sharp left onto Clarke Lane
  11. 11 : km 2.7 - alt. 206 m - Turn right onto Sutton FP 10
  12. 12 : km 3.1 - alt. 217 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 3.28 - alt. 234 m - Turn sharp right
  14. 14 : km 3.51 - alt. 234 m - Keep right
  15. 15 : km 3.96 - alt. 261 m - Keep left
  16. 16 : km 4.21 - alt. 240 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 4.22 - alt. 241 m - Turn slight right
  18. 18 : km 4.28 - alt. 245 m - Turn slight left
  19. 19 : km 4.66 - alt. 285 m - Turn slight right
  20. 20 : km 4.74 - alt. 297 m - Turn sharp right
  21. 21 : km 4.78 - alt. 297 m - Turn sharp right
  22. 22 : km 5.36 - alt. 373 m - Keep right
  23. 23 : km 5.6 - alt. 394 m - Turn right onto Forest Bridleway
  24. 24 : km 6.04 - alt. 382 m - Keep left onto Forest Bridleway
  25. 25 : km 6.07 - alt. 378 m - Turn slight right
  26. 26 : km 6.28 - alt. 393 m - Keep right
  27. 27 : km 6.38 - alt. 404 m - Turn sharp left
  28. 28 : km 7.15 - alt. 367 m - Turn slight right onto Forest Bridleway
  29. 29 : km 7.18 - alt. 366 m - Turn sharp left
  30. 30 : km 8.08 - alt. 366 m - Turn left onto Forest Bridleway
  31. 31 : km 8.77 - alt. 378 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 9.34 - alt. 307 m - Turn slight left onto Standing Stone Road
  33. 33 : km 9.71 - alt. 275 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 10.18 - alt. 303 m - Turn left onto Macclesfield Forest FP 2
  35. 35 : km 10.6 - alt. 378 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 10.87 - alt. 392 m - Turn left onto Trentabank Road
  37. 37 : km 10.88 - alt. 392 m - Turn slight left onto Old Charity Lane
  38. 38 : km 11.02 - alt. 408 m - Keep right
  39. 39 : km 11.04 - alt. 408 m - Turn sharp right onto Old Charity Lane
  40. 40 : km 11.21 - alt. 421 m - Keep left onto Macclesfield Forest FP 6
  41. 41 : km 12.38 - alt. 350 m - Turn right
  42. 42 : km 12.49 - alt. 360 m - Turn sharp right onto Hacked Way Lane
  43. 43 : km 12.86 - alt. 327 m - Keep right onto Macclesfield Forest FP 7
  44. 44 : km 13.01 - alt. 305 m - Turn right onto Hacked Way Lane
  45. 45 : km 13.03 - alt. 302 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 13.07 - alt. 302 m - Turn sharp left onto Hacked Way Lane
  47. 47 : km 13.7 - alt. 254 m - Turn right onto Crooked Yard Road, Macclesfield FP 31
  48. 48 : km 13.86 - alt. 268 m - Keep left onto Saddler's Way, Macclesfield FP 31
  49. 49 : km 14.33 - alt. 345 m - Turn slight right onto Saddler's Way, Macclesfield FP 31
  50. 50 : km 14.37 - alt. 346 m - Turn right
  51. 51 : km 14.39 - alt. 347 m - Turn left
  52. 52 : km 14.41 - alt. 347 m - Turn left
  53. S/E : km 14.42 - alt. 348 m

Useful Information

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Walking Tegg's Nose from Trentabank

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Walking Shutlingsloe, Cat & Fiddle and the Macclesfield Forest from Trentabank

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Walking Ridgegate to Tegg's Nose

Association or club
↔9.49 km ↗+350 m ↘-347 m ◔3h 45 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Sutton (Cheshire East)

From Ridgegate to Tegg's Nose, this walk passes through small hills and forests.

Walking Trentabank to Shutlingsloe

Association or club
↔7.76 km ↗+295 m ↘-287 m ◔3h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough (Cheshire East)

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Walking Rainow to Lamaload Reservoir

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Association or club
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⚑Departure from Macclesfield (Cheshire East)

The Gritstone Trail runs for 56 km through the Cheshire countryside, west of the Peak District, from Disley to Kidsgrove. This second stage picks up the trail at Langley, having left Macclesfield and taken the towpath along the Macclesfield Canal to Sutton Hall. From Langley, the route weaves its way over Croker Hill and Wincle Minn, joins the Dale Valley Way and climbs up to The Cloud (343m) before coming off the trail to Congleton.

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