Easy Countryside and Waterway Guided Walk ~ In Cheshire and Free.
This free guided walk is open to the general public, and suitable for beginners. If you’re keeping fit and well and wish to come along and join us, we would love to see more guest visitors. Please book your place for the walk as soon as you are confident you will be available.
Featuring the 1757 Oldest Double Locks in the country. The first sections of this 5 mile meandering and circular New Year walk take you through the very attractive and popular Sankey Valley Country Park alongside Black Brook, which was a feeder for the canal. Having admired the Old Double Locks we then follow the old canal, before winding through an urban landscape. Then we walk back along excellent paths beside the burbling Blackbrook and back through the Country Park woodland. This walk is particularly suitable for those interested in canal reclamations. All of the paths are good, several over grass, but mostly surfaced or having compacted chippings. The latter may be a bit muddy in winter or after heavy rain, although the cascading waterfalls at the Old Double Locks and overflows will then be at their best.
There will be a ten-minute break about half-way round the walk for ‘bring your own’ refreshments.
[The photo shows the oldest double lock in Britain; now cascading on the Blackbrook estate]
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New Year Sankey Valley County Park & the old Sankey Canal walk
Easy Countryside and Waterway Guided Walk ~ In Cheshire and Free.
This free guided walk is open to the general public, and suitable for beginners. If you’re keeping fit and well and wish to come along and join us, we would love to see more guest visitors. Please book your place for the walk as soon as you are confident you will be available.
Featuring the 1757 Oldest Double Locks in the country. The first sections of this 5 mile meandering and circular New Year walk take you through the very attractive and popular Sankey Valley Country Park alongside Black Brook, which was a feeder for the canal. Having admired the Old Double Locks we then follow the old canal, before winding through an urban landscape. Then we walk back along excellent paths beside the burbling Blackbrook and back through the Country Park woodland. This walk is particularly suitable for those interested in canal reclamations. All of the paths are good, several over grass, but mostly surfaced or having compacted chippings. The latter may be a bit muddy in winter or after heavy rain, although the cascading waterfalls at the Old Double Locks and overflows will then be at their best.
There will be a ten-minute break about half-way round the walk for ‘bring your own’ refreshments.
[The photo shows the oldest double lock in Britain; now cascading on the Blackbrook estate]
Details
The length of this walk.....
.....is only 5 miles, and at a slow pace - so we won’t walk too fast for you.
This walk is suitable for all adults having good mobility. Excellent for friendly dogs, but hopeless for wheelchairs. Suitable footwear will be anything stout and flat soled; trainers will be fine but boots will be the best. If it has recently been raining heavily there could be a few occasional muddy patches. The pub toilets will be available at the start & finish of the walk.
Assemble at 10.15 am for a 10.30 start. Finish about 2.00 pm.
Booking your place
To book, send an email to Derek Smith, the walk’s organiser & guide:- ([email protected]).
If you are bringing a partner please let me know both your names, and if you wish to book a table place for the pub lunch afterwards please ask. Places at the pub are limited so it’s best to make an early booking. We will be eating at a Toby Carvery so purchase tickets for your meal at the bar when you arrive.
On the Thursday before the walk, everyone who has booked in will be sent a reminder, and also the details of where to park your car.
The deadline for booking a place just for the walk is Saturday 10th January at 9.00 pm. – the night before the walk.
A booking confirmation will be emailed to you.
Assemble at 10.15 am for a 10.30 start. Finish about 2.00 pm
