{"id":1010224,"date":"2025-11-20T19:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1010224"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:43:44","slug":"chadkirk-to-marple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1010224","title":{"rendered":"Chadkirk To Marple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was a gloriously sunny day today, but… wow it was cold!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chadkirk Estate Park is 20 minutes from Cheadle Hulme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took 2 hours 30 minutes to complete the 5.5 mile walk, plus 15 minutes for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 25% of the work is on roadside footpaths, but the rest is great for dog walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I walked in an anticlockwise direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The walk is on OS Explorer Map 268..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I parked in the Chadkirk Estate car park on Shrigley Road, postcode SK6 3LE, What 3 Words \/\/\/purely.sofa.summer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, I was to find that the wonderful riverside path around Dale Farm and Dale Hall is closed due to serious erosion, and so I had to take a route through the Marple Hall housing estate, as shown by the purple line on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And to add to my misfortune, on downloading my photographs, I’ve found that I had inadvertently left the flash set to on, resulting in some strangely dark results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chadkirk To Marple Golf Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I set out with a half mile walk up the A627 Otterspool Road, via the spectacular views of the River Goyt as I crossed the road bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I crossed Stockport Road and entered the drive through a copse towards the Marple Skip depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unsurprisingly, the land near the depot was marked by plenty of discarded waste products, of which this small tractor was the most interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soon, I was in more open countryside, sharing it only with a flock of Canada geese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The path then meets the northern end of The Middlewood Way near to Marple Rose Hill Station where the line from Manchester now terminates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I followed the trail for a short distance, then took the Cown Edge Way footpath with a pretty clough on my left and Marple Golf Course on my right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macclesfield Canal To Marple Village<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I emerged from the golf course on the canal towpath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goyt Mill is a magnificent structure looming over the canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the village I left the canal by one of those looping escape paths for which this canal is famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coming out on Church Street, I was taken by the view to the skyscrapers in Manchester City Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marple To Chadkirk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After meandering through Marple, I crossed the Rose Hill train line, only to meet the disappointing road sign that would thwart the plan to walk alongside the River Goyt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, after a walk through a housing estate I took a path along the high bank above the river, and then down towards the riverside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The river is very full following recent rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a quick stop for lunch, near the weir, I made my way back to the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a very varied walk, and would have been excellent had the riverside path not been closed. Let’s hope it is able to be repaired at some time in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Finally….<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No new music today, so I found this song title to sum up the final quarter of today’s walk – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Change My Way” by Howlin’ Wolf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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