Wheelock Rail Trail and the Trent & Mersey Canal
Departure from Sandbach (Cheshire East)
An easy stroll that packs a lot into its short distance.
Sandbach Crosses, River Wheelock and the Trent & Mersey
Departure from Sandbach (Cheshire East)
A historic town centre, pretty stream valleys and an easy canalside return.
River Wheelock and the Trent & Mersey
Departure from Sandbach (Cheshire East)
Two contrasting waterways lead you through pleasant Cheshire countryside.
Two Canals
Departure from Odd Rode (Cheshire East)
Locks, bridges and aqueducts on the Trent & Mersey and Macclesfield Canals (with an optional 1-mile extension to their junction).
Lawton Hall
Departure from Odd Rode (Cheshire East)
A wooded stroll with a visit to a rewarding church, passing a stately home (private) and some interesting remnants of its estate.
Mow Cop
Departure from Odd Rode (Cheshire East)
Field and quarry paths up to the famous folly, with superb views in all directions, and a pleasant canalside return.
Apedale Country Par
Departure from Audley Rural (Staffordshire)
A fine walk with the chance to descend a coal mine or ride a steam train.
Warmingham Circular
Departure from Warmingham (Cheshire East)
A short farmland walk offering good views over the village, and a brief but pleasant stretch alongside the River Wheelock, frequented by Kingfishers.
The Moat and Watch Lane Flash
Departure from Warmingham (Cheshire East)
An interesting walk that visits several of the Sandbach Flashes, a series of intriguing lakes formed by subsidence after salt extraction.
Sandbach Flashes and the River Wheelock
Departure from Warmingham (Cheshire East)
An extended walk visiting many of the Sandbach Flashes (lakes formed by subsidence following salt extraction) and including sections along the Trent and Mersey Canal and River Wheelock.
Wedgwood’s Monument
Departure from Audley Rural (Staffordshire)
A stroll through woodland to a historic blast furnace and then a monument with a fine view.
Brereton Heath
Departure from Swettenham (Cheshire East)
A straightforward there-and-back walk to a local lake, heathland and woodland country park.
Twemlow and the Dane Valley
Departure from Swettenham (Cheshire East)
A longer walk with historic buildings en route and lovely riverside views on the return.
Swettenham Brook
Departure from Swettenham (Cheshire East)
Explore our intimate local valley around Holmes Chapel.
Stage 3 of the Gritstone Trail - Congleton to Kidsgrove
Departure from Congleton (Cheshire East)
The Gritstone Trail runs for 56 km through the Cheshire countryside, west of the Peak District, from Disley to Kidsgrove. This third stage picks up the trail at The Cloud, having left Congleton in a circular route using the Dales Valley Way and the towpath along the Macclesfield Canal to the aqueduct over the River Dale. The route passes Timbersbrook, Nick i' th' Hill, Cheshire's Close, Mow Cop and rejoins the Macclesfield Canal before following the Trent & Mersey Canal into Kidsgrove.
Timbersbrook to Rushton Spencer
Departure from Congleton (Cheshire East)
Nice walk passing by The Cloud, Rushton Bank and Bridestones.
Wybunbury Moss
Departure from Wybunbury (Cheshire East)
Stroll round a National Nature Reserve, featuring a rare bog habitat known as a schwingmoor.
Dagfields and the Weaver
Departure from Wybunbury (Cheshire East)
A field walk to a popular local craft centre, returning via the valley of the River Weaver.
Warning : The bridge at waypoint 4 is closed. It isn't scheduled to be reopened until 2023. For now we suggest this walk as a return and not as a loop until an alternative is found.
Hough Common and Lea Hall
Departure from Wybunbury (Cheshire East)
A farmland stroll to a historic house through Wybunbury.
Redesmere & Capesthorne Hall
Departure from Siddington (Cheshire East)
Walk beside beautiful lakes, with thatched cottages and a fine country house.
Redesmere To Capesthorn Hall
Departure from Siddington (Cheshire East)
In spring there are delightful patches of bluebells along some paths.
Congleton Lane to Catchpenny Pool
Departure from Lower Withington (Cheshire East)
This is a lovely walk through woodland, along quiet roads and bridleways.
Over Peover Trek
Departure from Peover Superior and Snelson (Cheshire East)
Great walk through the picturesque village of Over Peover starting and ending from The Dog.
Peover Heath Stroll
Departure from Peover Superior and Snelson (Cheshire East)
Great walk through the picturesque village of Over Peover starting and ending from The Dog.
Gawsworth & Danes Moss
Departure from Gawsworth (Cheshire East)
Five minutes’ drive to a fascinating village, with a mossland nature reserve and gentle canal scenery.
Peover Lane to Bate Mill
Departure from Chelford (Cheshire East)
This walk is along a number of quiet roads and footpaths.
More walks in Betchton
Discover also walks in surrounding cities:
- Goostrey
- Hankelow
- Haslington
- Hassall
- Hatherton
- Henbury
- Holmes Chapel
- Hough and Chorlton
- Hulme Walfield
- Keele
- Kidsgrove
- Lach Dennis
- Leighton
- Lostock Gralam
- Lower Withington
- Madeley
- Marton
- Middlewich
- Minshull Vernon
- Moreton cum Alcumlow
- Moston
- Nether Peover
- Newbold Astbury
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- North Rode
- Odd Rode
- Peover Inferior
- Peover Superior and Snelson
- Plumley
- Rope
- Rudheath
- Sandbach
- Shavington cum Gresty
- Siddington
- Silverdale
- Smallwood
- Somerford
- Somerford Booths
- Sproston
- Stanthorne and Wimboldsley
- Stapeley and District
- Swettenham
- Twemlow
- Walgherton
- Warmingham
- Weston and Crewe Green
- Willaston
- Wistaston
- Woolstanwood
- Wybunbury