GM Ringway 1 Manchester - Sale Water Park 2024
This maps shows GM Ringway Stage 1 from Manchester to Sale Water Park.
Note that parts of the trail may be damp, muddy and slippery at any time of year and especially after periods of wet weather. Please bear this in mind when planning your trip.
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 11.95 km
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Average duration: 3h 25
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: No
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Vertical gain: + 1 m
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Vertical drop: - 19 m
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Highest point: 40 m
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Lowest point: 21 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Manchester
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Start: N 53.478312° / W 2.243306°
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End: N 53.42825° / W 2.290808°
Waypoints
- S : km 0 - alt. 40 m
- 1 : km 0.11 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto St Peter's Square
- 2 : km 0.12 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
- 3 : km 0.52 - alt. 34 m - Turn right
- 4 : km 0.57 - alt. 33 m - Turn left
- 5 : km 0.59 - alt. 33 m - Turn sharp right
- 6 : km 0.82 - alt. 33 m - Keep left
- 7 : km 1.24 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Castle Street
- 8 : km 1.26 - alt. 28 m - Turn left
- 9 : km 1.29 - alt. 27 m - Keep left
- 10 : km 1.36 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
- 11 : km 1.38 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp left
- 12 : km 3.57 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
- 13 : km 3.62 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp right onto Bridgewater Canal Towpath
- 14 : km 5.96 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto Bridgewater Way
- 15 : km 6.8 - alt. 25 m - Turn sharp right
- 16 : km 7.06 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Renton Road
- 17 : km 7.07 - alt. 25 m - Turn sharp right
- 18 : km 7.09 - alt. 26 m - Turn left
- 19 : km 7.28 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto Kings Road
- 20 : km 7.33 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Norwood Road
- 21 : km 7.51 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto Longford Avenue
- 22 : km 7.87 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
- 23 : km 7.89 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
- 24 : km 7.89 - alt. 27 m - Turn left
- 25 : km 7.93 - alt. 27 m - Turn left
- 26 : km 8.02 - alt. 27 m - Turn right
- 27 : km 8.05 - alt. 27 m - Keep left
- 28 : km 8.26 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Edge Lane
- 29 : km 8.57 - alt. 22 m - Turn left
- 30 : km 8.98 - alt. 25 m - Turn sharp right onto Hawthorn Lane
- 31 : km 9.73 - alt. 22 m - Turn sharp left onto Trans Pennine Trail
- 32 : km 9.94 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
- 33 : km 10.2 - alt. 22 m - Keep left
- 34 : km 10.57 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight left
- 35 : km 10.65 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
- 36 : km 11.01 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
- 37 : km 11.23 - alt. 24 m - Keep right
- 38 : km 11.25 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
- 39 : km 11.27 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Jackson's Bridge
- 40 : km 11.31 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 41 : km 11.42 - alt. 23 m - Turn left
- 42 : km 11.55 - alt. 22 m - Keep left
- 43 : km 11.78 - alt. 27 m - Turn slight left onto Rifle Road
- 44 : km 11.84 - alt. 23 m - Turn left onto Rifle Road
- 45 : km 11.86 - alt. 23 m - Turn right
- 46 : km 11.87 - alt. 22 m - Turn right
- 47 : km 11.93 - alt. 21 m - Keep left onto Sale Water Park
- E : km 11.95 - alt. 22 m
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