Trails around Manchester/Cheshire accessible by train

pptdgc
pptdgc Posts: 10
edited February 2010 in Routes
I live in Manchester and am looking for some trail recommendations that are accessible by train as I don't currently have a car.

Any recommendations appreciated.

Thanks

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  • dave_hill
    dave_hill Posts: 3,877
    From Exchange & Victoria take the Burnley train and get off in Todmorden. Plenty of riding to be had in the Todmorden/Hebden Bridge area.
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  • bobs bikes
    bobs bikes Posts: 589
    the trans pennine trail runs through manchester,althrincham to be exact. good ride out, mostly singletrack a flat gravel though.
  • ratty2k
    ratty2k Posts: 3,872
    train to the Peak district... Bamford will be nice and central and there is a station not far away IIRC...
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  • nonnac85
    nonnac85 Posts: 1,608
    My website (link in my sig) shows the nearest train stations to trail centres. Then its just a case of sticking Manchester to ??? into trainline.com and getting a price.
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  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    Try this: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/PennineB ... ?PageId=98 it's a loop on the pennine bridleway accessible from Littleborough and Walsden which you get to from Victoria. (They are stops earlier than Todmorden on the same line) This link gives trail map AND train info.
    ratty2k wrote:
    train to the Peak district... Bamford will be nice and central and there is a station not far away IIRC...
    Bamford station probably! You have a few options in the Hope Valley on that line (the Piccadilly to Sheffield line on the slow train: Hope, Bamford, Edale etc.).
  • compo
    compo Posts: 1,370
    Delemere
    Lllandegla (from Wrexham)
    Theres meant to be trails around Stockport & Thameside
    Then on Pennines either in Peak District or Calder Valley
    Rivington (Horwich Parkway)
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  • tsenior
    tsenior Posts: 664
    2nd for peak district (hope etc)

    Riding out of ruabon station (1 station on from wrexham) you can quickly get up onto esclusham mountain, over the top and back down through llandegla etc to wrexham station.

    Station at Delemere (dont know what its like fo riding though)
  • compo
    compo Posts: 1,370
    Station at Delemere is literally 2 minutes ride from Cafe and what you might call the trail head.

    Been looking at Edale and it sounds good
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  • gaz047
    gaz047 Posts: 601
    get the train to edale and from there you can't go wrong, ladybower, kinder, jacobs ladder etc. there is also a campsite at edale if you plan to make a few days of it
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  • pptdgc
    pptdgc Posts: 10
    dave_hill wrote:
    From Exchange & Victoria take the Burnley train and get off in Todmorden. Plenty of riding to be had in the Todmorden/Hebden Bridge area.

    Thanks, sounds promising - only 25 mins by train.

    Any recommended routes? Where to head from the train station?
  • pptdgc
    pptdgc Posts: 10
    nonnac85 wrote:
    My website (link in my sig) shows the nearest train stations to trail centres. Then its just a case of sticking Manchester to ??? into trainline.com and getting a price.

    Thanks I will have a look :-)
  • pptdgc
    pptdgc Posts: 10
    avoidingmyphd wrote:
    Try this: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/PennineB ... ?PageId=98 it's a loop on the pennine bridleway accessible from Littleborough and Walsden which you get to from Victoria. (They are stops earlier than Todmorden on the same line) This link gives trail map AND train info.
    ratty2k wrote:
    train to the Peak district... Bamford will be nice and central and there is a station not far away IIRC...
    Bamford station probably! You have a few options in the Hope Valley on that line (the Piccadilly to Sheffield line on the slow train: Hope, Bamford, Edale etc.).

    The Littleborough loop sounds great - just what I'm looking for. Thanks

    I will keep an eye out for routes around Hope, Bamford and Edale then.. :-)
  • pptdgc
    pptdgc Posts: 10
    gaz047 wrote:
    get the train to edale and from there you can't go wrong, ladybower, kinder, jacobs ladder etc. there is also a campsite at edale if you plan to make a few days of it
    gaz

    Edale also sounds great. Do you know where I can find some trail maps for these routes?

    Thanks
  • pptdgc
    pptdgc Posts: 10
    bobs bikes wrote:
    the trans pennine trail runs through manchester,althrincham to be exact. good ride out, mostly singletrack a flat gravel though.

    I was thinking of trying some of the trans pennine - I'm not too far from Althrincham. Do you know where the track is accessed in Althrincham, and the best direction to head?

    Thanks
  • pptdgc
    pptdgc Posts: 10
    Thanks for all the posts everyone - much appreciated. I will definately be heading out to some of these places.

    If anyone has any links to any route maps/description that would be grea!

    Thanks again!
  • gaz047
    gaz047 Posts: 601
    hi, you can get maps from this site for a small charge, which have routes already marked on them, which are ideal to get to know the area

    http://www.bikemaps.co.uk/peak_district.htm

    i would also recommend getting an os map of the area (ol1) then you can start plotting your own routes too.

    cheers
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  • tsenior
    tsenior Posts: 664
    I agree with gaz, get an OS map of the area you want to ride, great investment (and you can sit by the fire in the pub after, drying out and planning your next ride)

    if your trying to join up bits of offroad to complete bigger loops, the satilite pictures available on google maps etc can also be helpful (some tracks not on maps) as well, although most are a few years old.
  • ratty2k
    ratty2k Posts: 3,872
    pptdgc wrote:
    Thanks for all the posts everyone - much appreciated. I will definately be heading out to some of these places.

    If anyone has any links to any route maps/description that would be grea!

    Thanks again!

    There is a little book: Dark Peak mountainbiking, the true grit trails. Loads of routes in there for Ladybower, Edale (Jacobs ladder), Hope etc... Well worth the investment as it is some of the best riding in England if not the UK!
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  • bobs bikes
    bobs bikes Posts: 589
    the tpt goes through the altrincham ind est at the end of the m60 something......
    head west toward liverpool and you will pass lymm, nice quiet ride out, could be boggy in places. head east and you start to hit the pennines in a couple of hours.
    the track runs through some nice country parks. look for the burger van at the crossroads at altrincham with the horse field next to it. that is right on the route.
  • pptdgc
    pptdgc Posts: 10
    ratty2k wrote:
    pptdgc wrote:
    Thanks for all the posts everyone - much appreciated. I will definately be heading out to some of these places.

    If anyone has any links to any route maps/description that would be grea!

    Thanks again!

    There is a little book: Dark Peak mountainbiking, the true grit trails. Loads of routes in there for Ladybower, Edale (Jacobs ladder), Hope etc... Well worth the investment as it is some of the best riding in England if not the UK!

    I saw this online actually and was thinking about getting it - I will probably get this now then thanks! :-)
  • pptdgc
    pptdgc Posts: 10
    ratty2k wrote:
    pptdgc wrote:
    Thanks for all the posts everyone - much appreciated. I will definately be heading out to some of these places.

    If anyone has any links to any route maps/description that would be grea!

    Thanks again!

    There is a little book: Dark Peak mountainbiking, the true grit trails. Loads of routes in there for Ladybower, Edale (Jacobs ladder), Hope etc... Well worth the investment as it is some of the best riding in England if not the UK!

    I saw this online actually and was thinking about getting it - I will probably get this now then thanks! :-)

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