It includes the delightful Marple locks, but leaves the canal to visit the Torres Riverside Park at New Mills before returning to the canal to reach the Bugsworth Canal Basin. 2023GPS Cycle and Walking Routes | Contact Us | Disclaimer | Which GPS. Quite long but otherwise nothing too tricky and easy enough route to follow. Buxworth has a detailed industrial history. Ideal for our greyhound who doesnt like styles. New Horizons carries more than 1000 disabled people and their helpers some 1500 miles each year over the canal system. Blow away the cobwebs at Bugsworth - it's a great place for a country walk, Marple boasts not only a fine lock flight but a truly magnificent aqueduct, You can explore much of the Peak Forest Canal by bike with this cycle trail. The Macclesfield canal contours the open land at over 500 feet with magnificent views over Stockport and Greater Manchester. We dog walkers do appreciate a bell on bikes and conversation though. Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page. A great walk to do when its muddy and youre looking for more of a canal walk in the winter months. The riverside trail heads east taking you past Disley Paper Mill to Mousley Bottom Nature Reserve. Birds, Butterflies, Cafe, Flowers, Food Shop, Great Views, Industrial Archaeology, Mostly Flat, Museum, Pub, Public Transport, River, Toilets, Woodland. Marple Meander Circular Walk | Map, Guide - Derbyshire, England | AllTrails You can pick up the Goyt Way at New Mills and enjoy another waterside walk along the riverside path. Those interested in our industrial heritage will find in Marple many remnants of our past associated with the canals including mills, warehouses, lime kilns and old canal arms. The canal continues through Rose Hill cutting, originally a tunnel but opened out many years ago, on to Romiley, Woodley, Hyde, and Dukinfield before its junction with the Ashton Canal. Really lovely walk! Stone was brought down the hillsides to Bugsworth Basin by a plateway, a flat iron surface upon which broad-wheeled trucks were kept in line by L-shaped uprights, and then taken by boat to Manchester. They have a good menu and a sunny garden area if the weather is fine. Starting at Marple, this walk is mainly along the Peak Forest Canal in a southerly direction eventually finishing a Whaley Bridge. Nice route, although some sections alongside the River Goyt were rather flooded due to the recent rain.