The Cown Edge Way – a named route that traces a horseshoe shape from the suburbs in the east of Manchester out into the Peak District's foothills and back again.

Laid down in 1970, the route starts at the edge of green belt land, heading across farmland and open access land to take in two of the key peaks that separate Manchester from the Peak District National Park. The highest of these is the popular Cown Edge, a child peak of Kinder Scout – the highest peak in the Peak District.