Jarrold Short Walks 20 - Cheshire & Gritstone Edge
ISBN: 0-7117-2421-0
Cheshire is an ideal county to explore on foot. Rocky rivers and broad river valleys form natural routes for the walker. A landscape of rich agricultural land, woodland and lowland heath coupled with the rugged and spectacular scenery of the Pennine Moors.
Historic Chester is featured in one of the walks and it provides a great opportunity to explore the city's many historic delights. Canals are a familiar feature of the county, a reminder of its proximity to the centres of the Industrial revolution in the north west. Today the paths beside these inland waterways provide plenty of scope for satisfying walks, such as the Bunbury and Shroppie route and a rural meander beside the Bridgewater Canal.
Cheshire also boasts some fine houses, including 18th-century Capesthorne Hall with its rose gardens and arboretum, the various 'magpie manors', and Peover Hall, an Elizabethan mansion amid superb grounds.
Throughout this guide the walks take full advantage of the many and diverse features of one of the oldest county’s in England.
Cheshire is an ideal county to explore on foot. Rocky rivers and broad river valleys form natural routes for the walker. A landscape of rich agricultural land, woodland and lowland heath coupled with the rugged and spectacular scenery of the Pennine Moors.
Historic Chester is featured in one of the walks and it provides a great opportunity to explore the city's many historic delights. Canals are a familiar feature of the county, a reminder of its proximity to the centres of the Industrial revolution in the north west. Today the paths beside these inland waterways provide plenty of scope for satisfying walks, such as the Bunbury and Shroppie route and a rural meander beside the Bridgewater Canal.
Cheshire also boasts some fine houses, including 18th-century Capesthorne Hall with its rose gardens and arboretum, the various 'magpie manors', and Peover Hall, an Elizabethan mansion amid superb grounds.
Throughout this guide the walks take full advantage of the many and diverse features of one of the oldest county’s in England.