Route: Cheshire Ring (United Kingdom)

Submitted by RobMitt on Mon, 05/10/2021 - 05:13am
Location
United Kingdom
Distance
155.4 km
Vertical Gain
300 m
Description

The Cheshire canal ring, a circular route following the towpaths along six historic canals. The route, which can be started from ay point returning to the starting location, covers city streets and views of the Cheshire Plain and Peak District hills. The canals are, anticlockwise (the typical rotation) from Macclesfield, Macclesfield Canal to Marple; Peak Forest, Ashton and Rochdale Canals into Manchester, the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield to Preston Brook; Trent & Mersey Canal to Hardings Wood Junction near Kidsgrove; and Macclesfield Canal.

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Has anyone posted a time for this route?...

This GPS (147.8 km + 500 m) has a gap near Congleton. A more accurate distance is 155.4 km +1148 m as on its LDWA page.

Kieran Walsh ran the route in 21:30 in 2012, and 23:00 in 2013, as described on this Lymm Runners page. I haven't found mentions online of attempts by anyone else.