Rain, rain go away, come again another day, goes the rhyme, but cheerful walkers in bright colours enlivened our wet day at Daisy Nook Country Park. Here the River Medlock and two canals meander through woods making a delightful industrial heritage walk.
LOCATION: North of Ashton-under-Lyne
START: Daisy Nook Country Park signed from A627 toilets
Grid ref: SD920004 Postcode: M35 9WJ
DISTANCE: 4 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 2 hours
MAP: Explorer - Manchester & Salford Landranger 109
REFRESHMENTS: Daisy Nook café, Dog & Partridge & Woodhouse Gardens
EN ROUTE: Woodhouses, Crime Lake, Hollinwood Branch Canal, Fairbottom Branch Canal, Cinderland
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News