List of recreational walks in Cheshire

This is a list of recreational walks in the ceremonial county of Cheshire. The list includes walks that are wholly inside Cheshire and also those that pass through to another county. The walks are generally through countryside on a variety of trails and footpaths. Small walks of local interest only are not included. There are 1,864 miles^[1] (3,000 km) of public rights of way in Cheshire, England.

List of walking trails in Cheshire[]

Name	Route	Length	Notes	Refs
Baker Way	Chester to Delamere Forest	13 miles (19km)	Starts at Chester railway station and finishes at Delamere railway station
Bishop Bennet Way	Beeston to Wirswall	34 miles (55 km)
Bollin Valley Way	Macclesfield to Partington	25 miles (40km)	Follows the River Bollin	^[2]
Cheshire Ring	Dukinfield and Marple	97-mile (156 km)	Circular walk alongside six canals
Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk	Crewe and Nantwich	29 miles (47km)	A circular walk around the two towns	^[3]
Dane Valley Way	Buxton to Northwich	48 miles (77km)	Between Derbyshire and Cheshire partly along the River Dane	^[4]
Delamere Way	Frodsham to Stockton Heath	21 miles (33 km)	Goes via Delamere Forest
Eddisbury Way	Frodsham to Burwardsley	16 miles (26 km)	Links up with the Sandstone Trail
Goyt Way	Etherow Country Park to Whaley Bridge	10 miles (16 km)	Links up with Midshires Way
	Chepstow to Berwick-upon-Tweed	583 miles (938 km)	Passes through Cheshire between the Shropshire border at Grindley Brook and the Staffordshire border near Congleton	^[5]
Gritstone Trail	Disley to Kidsgrove, Staffordshire	35 miles (56 km)	Passes through Teggs Nose Country Park
Ladybrook Valley Interest Trail	Disley to Cheadle	12 miles (20km)	Finishes at the National Trust's Lyme Park	^[6]
Longster Trail	Helsby Hill to Chester	10 miles (16 km)
Maelor Way	Bronygarth to Whitchurch	24 miles (39 km)	Finishes in Shropshire
Marches Way	Chester railway station to Cardiff	200 miles (320 km)	Initially following the River Dee to Farndon, then passing through the border counties
Middlewood Way	Macclesfield to Marple	10 miles (16 km)
Midshires Way	Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, to Stockport	230 miles (370 km)
North Cheshire Way	Hooton to Disley	71 miles (114 km)	Linking the Wirral Way, Sandstone Trail and Gritstone Trail
Peak District Boundary Walk	Buxton circular	190 miles (310 km)	The Cheshire section is between the Dane Valley near Wincle and past Lyme Park towards Whaley Bridge
Salter's Way	Rudheath (near Northwich) to Jenkin Chapel, Rainow	25 miles (40 km)		^[7]
Sandstone Trail	Frodsham to Whitchurch, Shropshire	34 miles (55 km)
South Cheshire Way	Grindley Brook to Mow Cop	32 miles (51 km)	Can be used as a link between the Sandstone Trail and the Gritstone Trail
Trans Pennine Trail	Southport to Hornsea	207 miles (333 km)	From Yorkshire to Merseyside passing through Widnes
Two Saints Way	Chester to Lichfield	92 miles
	Frodsham to Audlem	40 miles (65 km)	Via the River Weaver, the Trent and Mersey Canal and Shropshire Union Canal	^[8]
Wirral Way	Wirral		A circular trail around the Wirral Peninsula taking in part of West Cheshire and Hadlow Road railway station