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Peckforton walks
Beeston Castle
Association / Club / Walk leader
4.80 mi
+505 ft
-525 ft
2h 40
Easy
Departure from Burwardsley (Cheshire West and Chester)
A fine scenic walk with views of two castles, one an authentic medieval fortification, the other a Victorian country house now used for weddings and conferences. Much of the walk is wooded. The walk can be extended to include the climb up to Beeston Castle (English Heritage: admission charge).
Waste Hill
1.93 mi
+177 ft
-174 ft
1h 05
Easy
Departure from Burwardsley (Cheshire West and Chester)
A short but satisfying walk featuring good views, quiet lanes and tracks, and sunlight-dappled woodland.
Bulkeley Hill
3.34 mi
+381 ft
-367 ft
1h 50
Easy
Departure from Burwardsley (Cheshire West and Chester)
Enjoyable farmland and woodland walking with superb views over the Peckforton Hills and the surrounding Cheshire Plain.
Sandstone Trail
2.34 mi
+121 ft
-121 ft
1h 10
Easy
Departure from Tarporley (Cheshire West and Chester)
Fairly level, with several stiles. Two busy road crossings; may be muddy in places after rain.
Tiverton
5.47 mi
+190 ft
-190 ft
2h 40
Easy
Departure from Tarporley (Cheshire West and Chester)
Field paths and canalside walking with views of Beeston Castle. May be muddy in places after rain. Multiple stiles.
Eaton
4.48 mi
+289 ft
-272 ft
2h 20
Easy
Departure from Tarporley (Cheshire West and Chester)
Field and golf-course walking to a pretty village. May be muddy in places; several stiles.
Maiden Castle
5.71 mi
+650 ft
-650 ft
3h 10
Easy
Departure from Broxton (Cheshire West and Chester)
A steady climb through heath and woodland to the Sandstone Trail and Maiden Castle, an Iron Age hillfort.
Bickerton Hill and Raw Head
8.58 mi
+968 ft
-968 ft
4h 45
Moderate
Departure from Broxton (Cheshire West and Chester)
An extended walk along the Sandstone Trail, giving fine views and including highlights of the mid-Cheshire ridge.
Little Budworth Common
3.58 mi
+128 ft
-115 ft
1h 45
Easy
Departure from Utkinton and Cotebrook (Cheshire West and Chester)
Gentle green lanes to an attractive area of lowland heath and woodland designated an SSSI.
Eaton and Luddington Hill
4.67 mi
+233 ft
-233 ft
2h 20
Easy
Departure from Utkinton and Cotebrook (Cheshire West and Chester)
Skirt the Shire Horse Centre to pretty Eaton, returning via a sunken quarryman’s way.
Utkinton Hall
3.68 mi
+226 ft
-226 ft
1h 55
Easy
Departure from Utkinton and Cotebrook (Cheshire West and Chester)
Field paths over rolling Cheshire farmland, passing an attractive millpond and historic houses.
Budworth Pool
2.24 mi
+33 ft
-36 ft
1h 05
Easy
Departure from Little Budworth (Cheshire West and Chester)
Follow tracks and green lanes through the village and countryside to an attractive lake.
Oulton Park
6.22 mi
+144 ft
-148 ft
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Little Budworth (Cheshire West and Chester)
Passing Budworth Pool and Little Budworth Common, returning via a park circuit.
Little Budworth Common
2.92 mi
+56 ft
-56 ft
1h 25
Easy
Departure from Little Budworth (Cheshire West and Chester)
Explore our local country park, a rare area of lowland heathland designated as an SSSI.
Great Barrow circular
2.84 mi
+52 ft
-52 ft
1h 20
Easy
Departure from Barrow (Cheshire West and Chester)
Stroll through watermeadows and along a hollow way to a ridge-top village, returning via Watling Street
Great Barrow and Plemstall
6.69 mi
+184 ft
-174 ft
3h 15
Moderate
Departure from Barrow (Cheshire West and Chester)
Two contrasting villages, one on a hilltop and the other in the lonely valley of the River Gowy. Wet grass and muddy sections, and after prolonged rain some of the low-lying meadows may be impassably flooded.
More walks in Peckforton
Discover also walks in surrounding cities:
- Agden
- Aldersey
- Aldford and Saighton
- Alpraham and Calveley
- Ashton Hayes and Horton-cum-Peel
- Aston juxta Mondrum
- Austerson
- Baddiley
- Baddington
- Barrow
- Barton
- Beeston
- Bickerton
- Brindley
- Broomhall
- Broxton
- Bulkeley and Ridley
- Bunbury
- Burland and Acton
- Burwardsley
- Carden
- Chidlow
- Cholmondeley
- Cholmondeston
- Chorley
- Chorlton
- Chowley
- Christleton
- Church Minshull
- Clotton Hoofield
- Clutton
- Coddington
- Coole Pilate
- Cuddington
- Cuddington
- Darnhall
- Delamere and Oakmere
- Dodcott cum Wilkesley
- Duckington
- Duddon
- Egerton
- Faddiley
- Golborne David
- Great Boughton
- Guilden Sutton
- Handley
- Hargrave and Huxley
- Hartford
- Harthill
- Haughton
- Huntington
- Kelsall
- Kingsmead
- Little Budworth
- Littleton
- Malpas
- Manley
- Marbury and District
- Mickle Trafford and District
- Mouldsworth
- Moulton
- Nantwich
- Newhall
- No Man's Heath and District
- Norley
- Poole
- Rowton
- Rushton
- Shocklach Oviatt and District
- Sound
- Spurstow
- Stoke and Hurleston
- Stretton
- Tarporley
- Tarvin
- Tattenhall and District
- Threapwood
- Tilston
- Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall
- Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley
- Utkinton and Cotebrook
- Wardle
- Waverton
- Wervin
- Wettenhall
- Whitchurch Urban
- Whitegate and Marton
- Wigland
- Willington
- Winsford
- Worleston
- Wrenbury cum Frith