Alsager to Bignall Hill and Bathpool Park
Along the Merelake Way into Staffordshire, up Bignall Hill to Wedgwood's Monument, down through Bathpool Park and back by the canal.
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A ten mile loop from Alsager. You head out on the Merelake Way, an old railway, and over the fields into Staffordshire, then up Bignall Hill to Wedgwood's Monument and its views.
From there you drop down to Red Street and Talke Pits and into Bathpool Park at Kidsgrove, then pick up the Trent and Mersey Canal at the Harecastle Tunnel and follow it back towards Alsager.
Highlights
- Merelake Way
- Wedgwood's Monument on Bignall Hill
- Harecastle Tunnel
- Distance
- 10 miles (16.1 km)
- Route
- circular
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Start
- Alsager
- Parking
- Alsager
- Terrain
- Old railway & trails, Hills, History, Canal, Woods
