Manchester to Buxton

Description

Follow National Cycle routes 6, 62 and 55 through Manchester, Cheshire and Derbyshire on this lovely ride. You start by Manchester Oxford Road station heading south through Chorlton to the River Mersey. Here you join a lovely traffic free section along the Trans Pennine Trail which takes you to Stockport. You then pass through Bredbury where you join another off road stretch by the River Goyt taking you onto Marple where you join the Middlewood Way - a lovely off road cycle path running along the Macclesfield Canal to Bollington and Macclesfield.

Manchester to Buxton Ordnance Survey Map - view and print off detailed OS map

Manchester to Buxton Aerial Photo View Map

Distance

36 miles (58 km)

Difficulty

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Joining Routes

Manchester to Blackpool Cycle Route

Memory Map Route

Manchester to Buxton.mmo (right click - 'Save As')

GPX File

Manchester to Buxton.gpx (right click - 'Save As')

Elevation

Route Photos


Chorlton Water Park	Tatton Weir, River Mersey	River Goyt, Stockport	Macclesfield Canal on the Middlewood Way

Middlewood Way, near Bollington	Peak District, near Buxton 1	Peak District, near Buxton 2	Buxton Gardens

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Map (Route in Red)
Aerial Photo View of this route

Video