An overview of walking the Gritstone Trail in Cheshire and Staffordshire including links to walking information, walking equipment, walking holidays, walking maps and travel related to walking

Gritstone Trail 29km / 18 miles part of the Walking on the Web guide to walking in England

Part of this walking route forms part of European Walking Route

Start Lyme Park, Cheshire SJ962823 Finish Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire SJ935625

Maps Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure OL1 and OL24

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From Lyme Park in Cheshire to Rushton Spencer in Staffordshire the Gritstone Trail follows the gritstone edge south providing high level panaramas over the peak District to the east and the Cheshire Plain to the west

The National Trust Lyme Park Country Park

From the main car park the walk heads south before turning towards the east through Knights Low wood and over Park Moor to Bowstonegate. Here it turns south for Sponds Hill (410m) and then descends to a minor before heading west to the outskirts of Bollington

Saddle of Kerridge

Tower Hill including the folly

Tegg's Nose Country Park

Teggsnose and Bottoms Reservoirs at Langley

Fernlee

Hill of Rossenclowes

A54

minor road along Wincle Minn to Hawkslee

Barleigh Ford Bridge

Mow Cop Trail and Staffordshire Way to Rushton Spencer

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