With its deer and stately trees Dunham Park is a great place for families, yet just outside its walls the River Bollin meanders in quiet solitude through the countryside. Here we saw our first celandine and heard our first woodpecker - spring was definitely on the way. This is a great walk for February for as well as crocuses and snowdrops you can include a visit to Dunham's wonderful Winter Garden to see their thousands of bulbs.
LOCATION: Two miles west of Altrincham
START: Dunham Massey Hall NT car park
Grid ref: SJ732876 Postcode: WA144SJ
DISTANCE: 6.5 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer 276 Bolton, Wigan & 268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield Landranger 109
NOTE: Hall open in season
REFRESHMENTS: Little Bollington, Bowdon & Dunham Massey
EN ROUTE: Bridgewater Canal, Bollin Valley Way, Watch Hill Castle, Devisdale
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News