Gritstone Trail

Cheshire, Staffordshire

The Trail, which now includes the former Mow Cop Trail, follows the gritstone edge providing views of the Peak District and Cheshire Plain with much of the upland walking above 1,000ft. The route takes in Lyme Park, Sponds Hill, Tegg's Nose Country Park, Croker Hill and Mow Cop. The only Explorer maps needed for the route itself are 1 and 268 - maps 24 and 258 only duplicate parts of the route. Downloadable route description and schematic map are on the web link below.

The Trail section from Rushton Spencer to Disley is part of the E2 E-Route.

At Lyme Park the Trail connects with the Ladybrook Interest Trail Walk (10 miles and on OS mapping). It links with the Staffordshire Way near to Rushton Spencer and the South Cheshire Way at Mow Cop.

The trail ends officially at Kidsgrove station, but continuing a short way on the Trent & Mersey canal is the entrance to the 2km long Harecastle Tunnel that emerges at Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. This tunnel that connects Kidsgrove to Tunstall is not passable on foot as there is no towpath, and the land over it is private land sometimes with cattle on it (confirmed by the Canal & River Trust); there used to be two separate tunnels but one has now closed.

See also E-Routes (E2).

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Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark:	Black bootmark & yellow letter G
Attributes:	Challenging Moorland
Start:	SJ972845 - Disley Station, Disley, Cheshire
Finish:	SJ837543 - Kidsgrove, Staffordshire
Web Sites:	Visit Cheshire - Gritstone Trail Cheshire East Council - Gritstone Trail Rambling Man - Gritstone Trail [blog] Rambling Man - Planning your Gritstone Trail Walk Gritstone Trail (Youtube)

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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Leaflet	Gritstone Trail  (Cheshire East Council )
External PDF	Gritstone Trail Walkers' Guide  (Cheshire East Council  - 2015 )

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