With gorse, a springtime sky, trees coming into leaf and lambs bleating, Croker Hill is at its finest with a view over half the North-West. Starting from Sutton Reservoir you walk beside the leat then, after a stroll beside the Macclesfield Canal, the ascent begins and you climb through little visited bluebell woods and across grassy fields to the eye-catching tower.
LOCATION: Three miles south of Macclesfield
START: Turn left off A523 at Lyme Green towards Sutton, then turn right down Leek Old Rd. Layby by Sutton Reservoir
Grid ref: SJ922701 Postcode: SK110HZ
DISTANCE: 6 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer - Wilmslow Macclesfield Landranger 118
REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask
EN ROUTE: Macclesfield Canal, Gawsworth Common, Gritstone Trail, Croker
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News