Lawton Woods is a Springtime delight, for its bluebells are brilliant. Strangely the bellshaped flowers were unknown to Greek and Roman botanists, and ignored by early British experts, but including a stroll along two very different canals, this is a botanical treat you won't forget.
LOCATION: Five miles south of Congleton
START: A34 Scholar Green. Roadside parking on Station Rd
Grid ref: SJ833573 Postcode: ST7 3HL
DISTANCE: 5 (or 4) miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 2.5 hours
MAP: Explorer - Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton Landranger 119
REFRESHMENTS: Bleeding Wolf
EN ROUTE: Macclesfield Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal, Church Lawton, Snape's Aqueduct
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News