Dunham Massey & Bridgewater Canal

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 17.12 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 16 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 16 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 37 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 13 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 29 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.02 - alt. 29 m - Keep left
  3. 3 : km 0.07 - alt. 29 m - Turn left onto Cow Lane
  4. 4 : km 0.1 - alt. 28 m - Turn sharp right onto School Lane
  5. 5 : km 0.26 - alt. 27 m - Turn sharp left
  6. 6 : km 1.38 - alt. 25 m - Turn right
  7. 7 : km 1.43 - alt. 22 m - Turn sharp left onto Woodhouse Lane, B5160
  8. 8 : km 2.07 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Barns Lane
  9. 9 : km 2.53 - alt. 19 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 3.09 - alt. 18 m - Turn right onto Trans Pennine Trail
  11. 11 : km 4.53 - alt. 14 m - Turn right onto Mill Lane, B5159
  12. 12 : km 4.54 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Trans Pennine Trail
  13. 13 : km 4.99 - alt. 14 m - Keep right onto Trans Pennine Trail
  14. 14 : km 6.61 - alt. 14 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 6.81 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Dane Bank Road East
  16. 16 : km 6.93 - alt. 18 m - Turn right onto New Road, A6144
  17. 17 : km 7.1 - alt. 25 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 7.13 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 8.95 - alt. 25 m - Keep right
  20. 20 : km 12.07 - alt. 23 m - Turn sharp left
  21. 21 : km 12.1 - alt. 21 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 12.27 - alt. 22 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 12.3 - alt. 20 m - Turn slight left onto Park View
  24. 24 : km 12.86 - alt. 17 m - Turn left [private road]
  25. 25 : km 12.92 - alt. 20 m - Keep right [private road]
  26. 26 : km 12.98 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 13.01 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 13.28 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight left
  29. 29 : km 13.29 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 13.3 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 13.74 - alt. 25 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 14.3 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 14.95 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 15.92 - alt. 24 m - Turn sharp right [private road]
  35. 35 : km 16.25 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp left onto Woodhouse Lane, B5160
  36. 36 : km 16.34 - alt. 27 m - Turn left onto Woodhouse Lane
  37. 37 : km 16.52 - alt. 30 m - Keep left onto School Lane
  38. 38 : km 17.01 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Cow Lane
  39. 39 : km 17.04 - alt. 29 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 17.1 - alt. 29 m - Turn left
  41. S/E : km 17.12 - alt. 29 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

Walking Bridgewater Canal

Association or club
↔5.03 km ↗+34 m ↘-34 m ◔1h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Lymm (Warrington)

An easy stroll through fields and woods and along the canal towpath.

Walking Lymm and the Dam

Association or club
↔8.46 km ↗+36 m ↘-36 m ◔2h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Lymm (Warrington)

An extended stroll through historic Lymm and round its picturesque wooded lake.

Walking Dunham Massey

Association or club
↔10.45 km ↗+45 m ↘-47 m ◔3h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Lymm (Warrington)

Visit a magnificent deer park and stately home, with peaceful canalside interludes.

Walking A part of Lymm Heritage Trail

Walker
A part of Lymm Heritage Trail
↔5.27 km ↗+22 m ↘-24 m ◔1h 35 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Lymm (Warrington)

Using a part of Lymm Heritage Trail, this circular walk will take you around Lymm Dam. It was created in 1824 by a dam built during the construction of what is now the A56 road.

Walking Two Canals

Association or club
↔7.41 km ↗+31 m ↘-31 m ◔2h 10 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Lymm (Warrington)

Varied rural walking including contrasting sections of canals that are among England’s youngest and oldest.

Walking Lymm Dam

Association or club
↔3.49 km ↗+14 m ↘-14 m ◔1h 00 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Lymm (Warrington)

An easy stroll around Lymm’s best-known beauty spot, plus a visit to the historic village centre.

Walking Castle Mill Lane to Kell House Farm

Association or club
↔11.95 km ↗+25 m ↘-25 m ◔3h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Ashley (Cheshire East)

Great walk from Castle Mill Lane to Kell House Farm.

Walking Sunbank Wood

Association or club
↔3.43 km ↗+24 m ↘-31 m ◔1h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Ringway (Greater Manchester)

This a pleasant little walk and sadly part of it is disappearing under concrete. Manchester Airport have developed on either side of Sunbank Lane. There was a petition to stop it but sadly it failed. There are some before and after pictures on the slideshow.

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