Going sledging is great fun, but often there's a forbidding sign "NO SLEDGING!" So next time you must try Tegg's Nose where the sledging field is a children's favourite. But who was Tegg? Man or sheep is the answer, for Tegge was a Norse settler, while teg is the name for a young sheep. Many people approach from the car park at the top, but climbing Tegg's Nose from Langley is quite a challenge, for the path sets off very steeply as if wanting to put you off. But the ascent is well worth the effort for every time you stop to get your breath back the view expands, eventually stretching over most of Cheshire.
LOCATION: Three miles south-east of Macclesfield
START: Drive through Langley past the Methodist Church, then fork left down Holehouse Lane. Car park at top of lane
Grid ref: SJ946718 Postcode: SK110NB
DISTANCE: 2.5 miles
GRADE: Moderate with a steep climb
TIME: 2 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - White Peak Landranger 118
REFRESHMENTS: Tegg's Nose Tea Room or pack a flask
EN ROUTE: Gritstone Trail, Windyway Quarry, Saddlers Way, Bottoms Reservoir
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News