Lower Peover sounds a bit like a music hall joke. But the name is pronounced "Peever" and is Anglo Saxon for "Bright River". Though now little more than a stream, the Peover Eye was a major highway in Celtic times. "Waterfall!" exclaimed Elizabeth, leaning out of the papoose carrier. She certainly enjoyed her day out. With pigs, cows and a friendly sheep, what more could a little girl want? Oh yes, a bag of crisps at the pub.
LOCATION: Three miles south of Knutsford
START: Layby on B5081, Middlewich Road, one mile from A50 junction
Grid ref: SJ751750 Postcode: WA169PG
DISTANCE: 4.5 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 2.5 hours
MAP: Explorer - Wilmslow, Macclesfield Landranger 118
REFRESHMENTS: Bells of Peover
EN ROUTE: Smithy Green, Free Green
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News