Sunday Walk: Whitegate and Marton
Overview
Join us for this walk taking in a part of the Whitegate Way where heavy goods trains laden with salt once lumbered to Cuddington to join the Chester - Manchester line. Today the old railway line has been transformed and provides a haven for wildlife and a pleasant place for a stroll, cycle or horse ride. We then head off in to pasture land, through woodland and past pools through Whitegate Village before heading back mainly through pasture to our start point.
Location & Itinerary
Grade 5: 6 miles with 160 foot of ascent - please refer to the walk grading information within the website FAQs HERE which also gives you a list of recommended items to bring with you.
There are rail links at Cuddington and Winsford. The car park and picnic area at Whitegate Station is signposted off the A54, south of A556.
Follow the main A556 passing by Northwich and Hartford then after you pass the Blue Cap pub on the right and then Sandiway Lodge on the left, look out for Daleford Lane on the left (signposted Winsford) and turn down there. Continue down Dalefords Lane for 1.7 miles then turn right on to Clay Lane. Continue on Clay Lane for 0.6 Miles then turn left in to the 71 and the station car park is on the left.
Meeting Point: The car park is large but does get busy. so please leave yourself plenty of time. Once you have found a parking space walk back to the station cafe - we will meet outside here.
Host & Everything Else
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