Bollington Wharf

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Events in September 2024

Bollington Wharf
off Grimshaw Lane
SK10 5NB

Bollington Wharf

off Grimshaw Lane

SK10 5NB

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9:00 am, 15/09/2024 – Walking on water (6 miles Energetic)

6 7:30 pm: Opening festivities at the Cotton Tree 7:30 pm 06/09/2024 Everyone is welcome to join the Bollington Walking Festival team and volunteers for an evening at the Cotton Tree. Cotton Tree Ingersley Road Bollington, SK10 5RE Map More

7 10:00 am: Historical pubs walk (7.5 miles Energetic) 10:00 am 07/09/2024 Tour of pubs both past and present in Bollington & Kerridge. There are a total of 35 buildings which are, or have been, public houses. We will stop at one pub on the way round and will finish at the Vale Inn. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Adlington Road car park Adlington Road SK10 5JT View Location Map More, 10:15 am: Introduction to Nordic walking (6 miles Moderate) 10:15 am 07/09/2024 Come along if you are a Nordic walker to join experienced local instructor David Lambert for an introduction to Nordic walking. Non Nordic walkers are welcome to join the walk. If you have Nordic poles or walking poles please bring them with you. Organised by David Lambert. Hollin House Entrance on Jackson Lane, Kerridge SK10 5BJ View Location Map More, 10:30 am: Ramble round Rainow (8 miles Energetic) 10:30 am 07/09/2024 Lovely walk taking a full circuit around the village of Rainow. The route climbs up onto the Kerridge Ridge and loops around Lamaload Reservoir and back to the Robin Hood pub. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Smithy Lane, Rainow - behind the Robin Hood pub View Location Map More, 12:30 pm: Western Edge of Combs Moss (6.5 miles Energetic) 12:30 pm 07/09/2024 Minibus ride to the start in Buxton and up the hill (for lunch) to walk around the Western Edge of Combs Moss. Dropping down to the Beehive pub in Combs for a drink. Minibus home arriving back around 5:30pm. Booking essential. Cost £5. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More Online ticket sales for this event are closed.

8 9:00 am: Derbyshire Young Walkers Macc Forest loop (9.5 miles Strenuous) 9:00 am 08/09/2024 CANCELLED. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. Derbyshire Young Walkers are an inclusive group aimed at young adults who are keen to enjoy the Peak District in a guided environment. The route will be a full loop around Tegg's Nose, Wildboarclough, Macclesfield Forest; taking in the Cheshire Matterhorn of Shutlingsloe. Organised by Derbyshire Young Walkers. Macclesfield Forest Ridgegate Reservoir layby Standing Stone Road Sutton, Macclesfield SK11 0NE View Location Map More, 9:30 am: Highest point in Cheshire (15 miles Strenuous) 9:30 am 08/09/2024 A lovely high level route taking in the highest point in Cheshire, Shining Tor. We'll first aim for Charles Head and then onto Windgather rocks. After that we will follow the ridge to Shining Tor and return to Bollington via Lamaload. Organised by ECOG. Pool Bank car park Palmerston Street SK10 5PW Map More, 10:30 am: To the Pool and back (8 miles Moderate) 10:30 am 08/09/2024 Circular ramble along the Middlewood Way, through Dumbah Hollow and across the fields around the west of Bollington. We will aim for Styperson Pool and return via the canal. Cost £3. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 2:00 pm: Historical Bollington (1 mile Easy) 2:00 pm 08/09/2024 Learning some fascinating facts about how Bollington became the town it is today. Explore its agricultural and industrial past and find out more about hidden spots in the town that you may not have noticed before. Not suitable for very young children. Cost £3. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 6:30 pm: Sunset from the Ridge (3 miles Energetic) 6:30 pm 08/09/2024 Enjoy a varied and active walk around Kerridge before we head up onto the ridge in time for the sunset. Warning - steep steps involved and a torch may be useful for the end of the walk. Organised by Walkers Are Welcome. Hollin House Entrance on Jackson Lane, Kerridge SK10 5BJ View Location Map More

9 10:00 am: An undulation through Rainow (10 miles Energetic) 10:00 am 09/09/2024 A longer route exploring the hills and farms above the neighbouring village of Rainow. Our route back to the start takes us via Harrop and Kerridge Ridge. Organised by East Cheshire Ramblers. Smithy Lane, Rainow - behind the Robin Hood pub View Location Map More, 1:30 pm: Charles Head and Summer Close (7 miles Energetic) 1:30 pm 09/09/2024 Afternoon hike to the wild landscape of Charles Head and Summer Close. You will be able to enjoy views back to Bollington from this high vantage point - weather dependent! Organised by Bridgend Centre. Spuley Lane layby (Hedgerow) Spuley Lane Rainow, SK10 5DE Map More, 6:30 pm: Bridgend 'Walk for Health' (2 miles Easy) 6:30 pm 09/09/2024 Short, easy walk around central Bollington designed to encourage new walkers. Great opportunity to enjoy an evening walk and meet new people. Some slight inclines but mainly on the flat. No stiles involved! Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More

10 10:00 am: Sensory Walk (2 miles Easy) 10:00 am 10/09/2024 Are you affected by sight loss? Would you like to walk with a trained sight guide? Gentle walk exploring the sounds, smells, textures and sights around the canal and Middlewood Way, finishing at Cafe Waterside where you can buy drinks and snacks. Please contact East Cheshire Eye Society to book a place on 01625 422602. Organised by East Cheshire Eye Society. Café Waterside Clarence Mill Clarence Road SK10 5JZ Map More, 10:30 am: Children's Bear Hunt (0.5 miles Easy) 10:30 am 10/09/2024 Have a story in the library, then go on a Bear Hunt outdoors before returning inside for refreshments and rhymes! Suitable for the under-5s plus their grown-ups. £2 per child. Cost £2. Organised by Bollington Library. Bollington Library Palmerston Street SK10 5JX Map More, 10:30 am: My dog has no nose. How does he smell? Terrible (8 miles Energetic) 10:30 am 10/09/2024 Steady climb along the side of Kerridge Ridge arriving for packed lunch at Tegg's Nose café. Back via the other side of Kerridge Ridge. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Poachers Inn 95 Ingersley Road SK10 5RE Map More

11 10:15 am: Bridgend Wednesday walk - Revolving in Time (4 miles Moderate) 10:15 am 11/09/2024 Compare life and work in the mill with on the farm as you follow the River Dean past remnants of the Industrial Revolution to reach the countryside. Cost £3. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 11:00 am: BDP Care Community walk (3 miles Easy) 11:00 am 11/09/2024 Find out about your local Bollington, Disley and Poynton Care Partnership on this gentle walk exploring the canal, tranquil Tinkers Clough and the Middlewood Way. Organised by BDP Care Community. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 2:00 pm: As the crow flies (5.5 miles Moderate) 2:00 pm 11/09/2024 Straight 'out and back' route to Higher Hurdsfield which hugs the bottom of Kerridge Ridge. This walk has some gentle rises and descents as it wends its way across fields, along lanes and the Macclesfield Canal. Cost £3. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 2:00 pm: Dementia friendly walk (3 miles Easy) 2:00 pm 11/09/2024 Suitable for anyone living with dementia and their carers. Meet our members, make new friends and help us to raise awareness. Walk includes the Middlewood Way (steps to reach this) and the canal, finishing at Café Waterside for optional drinks. Organised by Bollington Dementia Action Alliance. Adlington Road car park Adlington Road SK10 5JT View Location Map More, 5:30 pm: Geocache walk (4 miles Moderate) 5:30 pm 11/09/2024 Join us for a geocache walk. Learn about the global treasure hunt and add new challenges to your walks. We'll find some caches as we walk under the Kerridge Ridge out to Swanscoe collecting as we go, returning via Kerridge. Download the app at geocaching.com Organised by Bridgend Centre. Hollin House Entrance on Jackson Lane, Kerridge SK10 5BJ View Location Map More, 6:00 pm: Honesty box walk (4.5 miles Energetic) 6:00 pm 11/09/2024 Go on a shopping spree and buy some local produce, such as eggs, jam & honey from our local honesty boxes.The walk follows historic paths to the village of Rainow and back. Bring a bag and some change. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More

12 10:00 am: Visiting Ethel (7.5 miles Strenuous) 10:00 am 12/09/2024 A hilly walk visiting the summit of our local Ethel, Sponds Hill, on the Gritstone Trail. From the top we should have fabulous views of Lyme Park and Whaley Bridge. Cost £3. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 10:45 am: Back to Bolly from Macc (8 miles Strenuous) 10:45 am 12/09/2024 Linear walk back to Bollington via the Hollins, Langley, Teggs Nose and Rainow. There are two significant climbs on the route. Make your own way to the walk start at Bay 8 of Macclesfield Bus station. Bus numbers 10 and 392 travel from Bollington regularly (£2) see bus timetable for details. Organised by Cheshire East Ramblers. Macclesfield bus station Queen Victoria Street Macclesfield, SK11 6JN View Location Map More, 1:00 pm: Digging through the past (6.5 miles Energetic) 1:00 pm 12/09/2024 From town to farm, from quarry to canal, this undulating walk takes you through a constantly changing landscape of life and work. Ranging from valleys to moorlands, you will discover a little of what lies beneath the surface of Bollington. Cost £3. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 5:15 pm: Just Drop In young person's mindfulness walk (3.5 miles Moderate) 5:15 pm 12/09/2024 Open to any local young people aged 13 to 25 and their parents/carers. Come and meet our team, find out more about our services and learn some relaxation techniques at the same time. Transport from Just Drop In (Macclesfield) can be arranged. Contact hello@justdropin.co.uk to book your place. Organised by Just Drop In. Smithy Lane, Rainow - behind the Robin Hood pub View Location Map More

13 10:00 am: Walk with views (8 miles Energetic) 10:00 am 13/09/2024 Walking through the picturesque hamlet of Rainowlow and the wooded valley of Harrop Brook we will rise up onto the moors above Lyme Park with views out to Wales and the Peak District. Organised by Cheshire East Rangers. Hollin House Entrance on Jackson Lane, Kerridge SK10 5BJ View Location Map More, 10:30 am: Bee Happy (3 miles Moderate) 10:30 am 13/09/2024 Walk to Whiteley Green through Bollington's unique landscape, taking in the stunning views, majestic mills, local tracks and peaceful waterways. Cost £3. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 1:00 pm: What, more cake! (5.5 miles Moderate) 1:00 pm 13/09/2024 Afternoon walk to Hannah's café in Tytherington via Dumbah Hollow and back via Kerridge. Cake and coffee highly recommended but we won't force you. Cost £3. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More, 5:00 pm: Chip Butty walk to the Robin Hood (5.5 miles Energetic) 5:00 pm 13/09/2024 Join us for a summer stroll up on the Kerridge Ridge, along and down the Rainow side to the Robin Hood pub where we can have a snack and drink before returning in the dark over Oakenbank. Torch essential for our walk back to Bollington. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More

14 9:30 am: Thirsty for Hoplab in a different county (11 miles Energetic) 9:30 am 14/09/2024 SOLD OUT! Bit of a change of area for the beer walk this year. Minibus to Rushton Spencer, down Rudyard Lake, over Biddulph Moor to Hoplab bar. Minibus back, arriving home 6:15pm. Cost £8. Organised by Bollington Real Ale Ramblers. Bridgend Centre 104 Palmerston Street SK10 5PW View Location Map More Tickets for this event are sold out., 10:30 am: Bolly from the train (9.5 miles Energetic) 10:30 am 14/09/2024 Circular walk from this Manchester-based Ramblers group. Walking mainly on the flat with short undulating sections, we will be walking on canal towpaths, fields and old train routes. Organised by Manchester Weekend Walkers. Macclesfield Railway Station Waters Green SK11 6JP Map More, 2:00 pm: Do the cake walk to the Tin Church (4 miles Moderate) 2:00 pm 14/09/2024 Join us on our third annual stroll along the Middlewood Way to the coffee shop at St John's Church Adlington, to buy and enjoy refreshments, returning along the canal and through the Recreation Ground. Organised by Walkers Are Welcome. Adlington Road car park Adlington Road SK10 5JT View Location Map More, 6:00 pm: Photographic route to the Nab (1.5 miles Easy) 6:00 pm 14/09/2024 Short walk with members of Bollington Photographic Group. Ample opportunity to take photographs and to ask for any advice relating to photography. Organised by Bollington Photography Group. Bus terminus by Cotton Tree 3-5 Ingersley Road SK10 5RE Map More

15 8:00 am: Head in the Cloud (23 miles Very strenuous) 8:00 am 15/09/2024 Long distance route over to Bosley Cloud. Refreshments are available at two pubs along the way (or you can eat your own provisions nearby). Organised by Long Distance Walkers' Association. Hollin House Entrance on Jackson Lane, Kerridge SK10 5BJ View Location Map More, 9:00 am: Walking on water (6 miles Energetic) 9:00 am 15/09/2024 Combined canal boat trip and walk. Half the group will walk to Lyme Park & return by boat and the other half will do the opposite. Includes hills, high stiles & steps. Over 16s only. Planned return by 4pm. Cost £10. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Bollington Wharf off Grimshaw Lane SK10 5NB Map More Tickets for this event are sold out., 10:00 am: Mayor's boundary walk (8 miles Energetic) 10:00 am 15/09/2024 Come and join the Town Mayor on the annual Boundary Walk, which contains both flat and hilly sections. Please bring a packed lunch as we will stop for a break at the Windmill Pub. Organised by Bollington Town Council. Town Hall Wellington Road SK10 5JR Map More, 3:00 pm: Classic route along Kerridge Ridge to White Nancy (4.5 miles Moderate) 3:00 pm 15/09/2024 There isn't a more classic end to the Walking Festival than a walk across the fields to Rainow, up and along Kerridge Ridge to White Nancy and back down to the Poachers for a final pint. Organised by Bridgend Centre. Poachers Inn 95 Ingersley Road SK10 5RE Map More, 7:30 pm: Walkers' Pub Quiz at the Poachers 7:30 pm 15/09/2024 A traditional pub quiz at the Poachers with prizes and a raffle. All proceeds go to the Bridgend Centre. Poachers Inn 95 Ingersley Road SK10 5RE Map More