Rainow 8 Mile Route

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 13.38 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 520 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 524 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 475 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 187 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. 238 m - Start on Smithy Lane
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 238 m - Keep right onto Stocks Lane
  3. 3 : km 0.16 - alt. 230 m - Turn slight right onto Church Lane, B5470
  4. 4 : km 0.42 - alt. 214 m - Turn sharp right
  5. 5 : km 0.65 - alt. 221 m - Keep right
  6. 6 : km 0.77 - alt. 231 m - Keep left
  7. 7 : km 0.77 - alt. 231 m - Turn sharp left
  8. 8 : km 1.2 - alt. 251 m - Turn slight left onto Lamaload Road
  9. 9 : km 1.22 - alt. 252 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 1.24 - alt. 254 m - Keep left
  11. 11 : km 1.69 - alt. 316 m - Turn slight left
  12. 12 : km 3.11 - alt. 364 m - Turn right onto Charity Lane
  13. 13 : km 3.95 - alt. 434 m - Turn right onto Hacked Way Lane
  14. 14 : km 3.97 - alt. 435 m - Turn left onto Charity Lane
  15. 15 : km 5.25 - alt. 421 m - Turn sharp right onto Macclesfield Forest FP 6
  16. 16 : km 6.64 - alt. 339 m - Turn sharp right onto Hacked Way Lane
  17. 17 : km 7.68 - alt. 254 m - Turn right onto Crooked Yard Road, Macclesfield FP 31
  18. 18 : km 7.84 - alt. 268 m - Keep left onto Saddler's Way, Macclesfield FP 31
  19. 19 : km 8.31 - alt. 345 m - Turn sharp right
  20. 20 : km 8.34 - alt. 345 m - Turn right onto Saddler's Way, Macclesfield FP 31
  21. 21 : km 8.41 - alt. 346 m - Turn right onto Buxton Old Road
  22. 22 : km 8.56 - alt. 356 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 9.59 - alt. 311 m - Turn slight left onto Buxton New Road, A537
  24. 24 : km 9.63 - alt. 309 m - Turn right onto Bull Hill Lane
  25. 25 : km 10.56 - alt. 234 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 10.58 - alt. 234 m - Turn right onto Penny Lane
  27. 27 : km 10.59 - alt. 233 m - Turn left onto Rainow Road, B5470
  28. 28 : km 10.79 - alt. 244 m - Turn sharp right onto Lidgetts Lane
  29. 29 : km 10.84 - alt. 248 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 11.01 - alt. 253 m - Keep left
  31. 31 : km 12.02 - alt. 283 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 12.06 - alt. 281 m - Keep left
  33. 33 : km 12.28 - alt. 217 m - Turn sharp right
  34. 34 : km 12.29 - alt. 218 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 12.64 - alt. 201 m - Turn sharp left onto Sugar Lane
  36. 36 : km 13.03 - alt. 216 m - Turn left onto Chapel Lane
  37. 37 : km 13.19 - alt. 231 m - Turn left onto Stocks Lane
  38. 38 : km 13.32 - alt. 238 m - Turn slight left onto Smithy Lane
  39. 39 : km 13.33 - alt. 238 m - Turn sharp right onto Smithy Lane
  40. 40 : km 13.35 - alt. 240 m - Turn sharp left onto B5470
  41. S/E : km 13.38 - alt. 242 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Rainow to Lamaload Reservoir

Association or club
↔9.26 km ↗+224 m ↘-223 m ◔3h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Rainow (Cheshire East)

Nice walk from Rainow and around Lamaload Reservoir.

Walking Middlewood Way & Styperson Pool

Association or club
↔8.40 km ↗+99 m ↘-106 m ◔2h 40 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Bollington (Cheshire East)

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

Walking White Nancy

Association or club
↔4.08 km ↗+114 m ↘-110 m ◔1h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Bollington (Cheshire East)

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

Walking Tegg’s Nose & White Nancy

Association or club
↔13.56 km ↗+284 m ↘-280 m ◔4h 40 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Bollington (Cheshire East)

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

Walking To the Swan at Kettleshulme

Association or club
↔8.61 km ↗+219 m ↘-228 m ◔3h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Rainow (Cheshire East)

A hilly walk over a scenic ridge to a pretty Cheshire village and its splendid pub.

Walking Harrop Valley

Association or club
↔4.21 km ↗+106 m ↘-106 m ◔1h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Rainow (Cheshire East)

A gentle exploration of our delightful wooded valley with plenty of scope for varying the distance.

Walking Sponds Hill and Lyme Park

Association or club
↔11.43 km ↗+280 m ↘-288 m ◔4h 05 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Rainow (Cheshire East)

An energetic walk through the moorland deer park of one of Cheshire’s finest stately homes.

Walking Bridgend Centre Trail 8 - Upstairs, Downstairs

Tourist office
↔8.30 km ↗+45 m ↘-44 m ◔2h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Bollington (Cheshire East)

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.

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