Hassall Green's main claim to fame is that Queen Elizabeth once slept here. Admittedly it was Elizabeth II and not Elizabeth I, and she spent the night in the Royal Train. But though the railway's brief moment of glory is past, the nearby Trent and Mersey Canal is enjoying a new found prosperity and Hassall Green is busy with brightly coloured long boats.
LOCATION: Two miles south-east of Sandbach
START: Turn off A533 to Hassall Green. Fork left in village, signed Lawton Heath End, then turn right in one mile and park by the Salt Line
Grid ref: SJ782578 Postcode: CW114XX
DISTANCE: 4 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 2.5 hours
MAP: Explorer - Wilmslow, Macclesfield Landranger 118
REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask
EN ROUTE: Borrow Pit, Chell's Aqueduct, Pierpoint Locks, Salt Line
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News