Plungebrook Canal Thornton Square

Nice walk from Rainow and around Lamaload Reservoir.

Mostly level walking, with an extension to a pretty wooded lake with fine views from the adjacent hills.

Short but full of interest, this is a perfect evening stroll to Bollington’s most famous landmark.

A rewarding walk to a local country park with superb views over the Cheshire Plain and Peak District.

This walk takes in Bollington Village, Macclesfield Canal and White Nancy along Kerridge Hill.

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.

The fifth of the Bridgend Heritage Trails looks at the industry based around the natural resources that Bollington is sited on. This walk takes you through landscapes where adits, soughs, spoil heaps, gin circles and bell pits can still be seen. The route leads from townland to farmland and from moorland to towpath showing not just the diversity of the environment but the differences in how we use it from past to present.

Heading west from Bollington, this largely flat walk meanders through farmland and the grounds of fine houses to Butley Ash and back. This is an alternative walk from Bridgend Tree Trail 2, Bollington here.