Cycle Routes in Cheshire - Traffic Free Routes

Sandbach

• Wheelock Rail Trail (PDF, 1.3MB) - a 1.5 mile multi-user route from Ettiley Heath to Malkins Bank. The whole route has been upgraded with improved access points, better surfacing and new information boards to provide a high quality facility for cyclists.
  
  
• Salt Line (PDF, 1.3MB) - a multi-user track running through farmland and woodland. Both routes are part of the National Cycle Route 5 linking Middlewich with Alsager.

Alsager

• Rode Heath to Kidsgrove (PDF, 1.8MB) - a 3 mile ride along the towpath of the Trent and Mersey canal. The local landscape is undulating with views towards the hills of the Peak District.

Congleton

• Biddulph Valley Way (PDF, 1.9MB) - this route is part of the National Cycle Network 55 Telford to Preston and has a firm, level surface of crushed stone. The route follows the railway line that was used to transport coal from the Potteries to Congleton. Approximately 6 mile traffic free route.

Macclesfield

• Middlewood Way (PDF, 4.3MB) - a 10 mile route that follows the former Macclesfield , Bollington and Marple railway through picturesque countryside between historic mill towns. The line in it's heyday carried cotton, silk, coal as well as passengers. For much of its length, the Middlewood Way runs close to the Macclesfield Canal.

Middlewich

• Middlewich Canal (PDF, 933KB) - a 3 mile journey along the Middlewich Canal, from Middlewich town centre to Clive Green.