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| 400 Poynton Inclines | ||
Exploring posh Poynton's industrial past you follow ancient tramways, a disused railway and a flourishing canal. It is hard to believe that, until the 1930s, these green fields were a busy, dirty, noisy coal mining area and the canal carried barges of cotton, coal and stone. Now, behind Poynton's expensive houses, the former pit heaps are pretty, wooded footpaths, while holiday boats chug peacefully along the waterway and, if you stop for a picnic, there is only birdsong to be heard.
 LOCATION: Four miles south of Stockport START: Poynton Lake car park, South Park Drive, off A523 (Grid reference SJ922839) DISTANCE: Five and a half miles GRADE: Moderate TIME: Three hours MAP: Explorer OL - Wilmslow, Macclesfield (Explorer OL - Dark Peak covers most of walk) Landranger 109 REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask |
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