Like two good friends the Middlewood Way and the Macclesfield Canal keep close company through the cotton mill town of Bollington. Brightly coloured narrowboats brighten a wintry day, while almost mud free paths are a bonus.
LOCATION: Bollington
START: Turn off B5090 by Dog & Partridge to Middlewood Way car park, toilets
Grid ref: SJ931781 Postcode: SK105GR
DISTANCE: 5 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 2.5 hours
MAP: Explorer - Wilmslow & Macclesfield Landranger 118
REFRESHMENTS: Clarence Mill
EN ROUTE: River Dean, Bollington Viaduct, Kerridge, Adelphi Mill, Whiteley Green
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News