Cop To Cloud 19k >500m Ascent

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 18.94 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 537 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 536 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 340 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 109 m
  • ⚐
    District: Odd Rode 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.113287° / W 2.215425°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 309 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.02 - alt. 311 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.05 - alt. 317 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.06 - alt. 318 m - Turn slight left
  5. 5 : km 0.14 - alt. 319 m - Turn slight left
  6. 6 : km 0.18 - alt. 317 m - Turn right onto Wood Street
  7. 7 : km 0.2 - alt. 321 m - Turn left
  8. 8 : km 0.48 - alt. 320 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 2.49 - alt. 242 m - Keep right
  10. 10 : km 2.53 - alt. 240 m - Keep left
  11. 11 : km 3.33 - alt. 221 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 4.52 - alt. 184 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 5.01 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Biddulph Road, A527
  14. 14 : km 5.06 - alt. 121 m - Turn left onto Castle Inn Road
  15. 15 : km 5.46 - alt. 111 m - Turn sharp right onto Reades Lane
  16. 16 : km 6.13 - alt. 178 m - Turn left onto Under Rainow Road
  17. 17 : km 7.36 - alt. 168 m - Keep left onto Under Rainow Road
  18. 18 : km 7.4 - alt. 166 m - Turn slight left onto Tunstall Road
  19. 19 : km 7.62 - alt. 179 m - Turn sharp right
  20. 20 : km 7.71 - alt. 208 m - Turn right onto Gosberryhole Lane
  21. 21 : km 7.76 - alt. 216 m - Turn sharp left
  22. 22 : km 8.2 - alt. 264 m - Keep left
  23. 23 : km 8.99 - alt. 340 m - Turn right
  24. 24 : km 9.4 - alt. 296 m - Turn left
  25. S/E : km 18.94 - alt. 309 m

Useful Information

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Walking Lawton Hall

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A wooded stroll with a visit to a rewarding church, passing a stately home (private) and some interesting remnants of its estate.

Walking Two Canals

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↔6.32 km ↗+25 m ↘-25 m ◔1h 55 ▲Easy
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Walking Mow Cop

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↔8.82 km ↗+194 m ↘-197 m ◔3h 05 ▲Easy
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Field and quarry paths up to the famous folly, with superb views in all directions, and a pleasant canalside return.

Walking Stage 3 of the Gritstone Trail - Congleton to Kidsgrove

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↔31.48 km ↗+452 m ↘-454 m ◔10h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Congleton (Cheshire East)

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Walking Timbersbrook to Rushton Spencer

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Nice walk passing by The Cloud, Rushton Bank and Bridestones.

Walking Apedale Country Par

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Walking Wedgwood’s Monument

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↔9.25 km ↗+113 m ↘-121 m ◔3h 00 ▲Moderate
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A stroll through woodland to a historic blast furnace and then a monument with a fine view.

Walking The Cloud from Rushton Spencer

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↔8.19 km ↗+184 m ↘-192 m ◔2h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Rushton (Staffordshire)

This North Staffordshire linear walk starts in the village of Rushton Spencer near Leek and follows the Staffordshire Way to the summit of the Cloud. This local landmark offers some wonderful views across north Cheshire and north Staffordshire.

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