Buxton to Macclesfield via the Cat and Fiddle Walk

From Spa Town to Silk Town via the wild Goyt Valley, Shining Tor, lonely moorlands down the Clough Brook Valley to Macclesfield Forest and through Tegg's Nose Country Park

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Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge
Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Stake Farm and Shutlingsloe, from top of Stake Side
Stake Farm and Shutlingsloe, from top of Stake Side

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow to The Cat & Fiddle
Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow to The Cat & Fiddle

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Teggsnose and Bottoms Reservoirs with Croker Hill, from Tegg's Nose
Teggsnose and Bottoms Reservoirs with Croker Hill, from Tegg's Nose

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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P1054041

Jul-24 • don_macauley • On flickr

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P1054042

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P1054045

Jul-24 • don_macauley • On flickr

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The Buxton Crescent Hotel
The Buxton Crescent Hotel

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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St. Anne's Well, Buxton
St. Anne's Well, Buxton

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Gritstone Arm of River Wye, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton
Gritstone Arm of River Wye, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Bridge over Gritstone Arm of River Wye, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton
Bridge over Gritstone Arm of River Wye, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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A54 and Wye Valley, rising to Axe Edge Moor
A54 and Wye Valley, rising to Axe Edge Moor

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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A54 and Wye Valley, rising to Axe Edge Moor
A54 and Wye Valley, rising to Axe Edge Moor

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Quarryface on Harpur Hill, from field by Burbage-Edge Plantation
Quarryface on Harpur Hill, from field by Burbage-Edge Plantation

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Early blooming heather, views across Upper Goyt Valley to The Cat & Fiddle
Early blooming heather, views across Upper Goyt Valley to The Cat & Fiddle

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Shining Tor
Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Shining Tor

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor
Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor
Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor
Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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View up Goyt's Clough, from near footbridge
View up Goyt's Clough, from near footbridge

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Listed Packhorse Bridge over River Goyt
Listed Packhorse Bridge over River Goyt

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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'Waterfall' at site of Paint Mill (millstream plunging into Deep Clough stream)
'Waterfall' at site of Paint Mill (millstream plunging into Deep Clough stream)

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views from Stake Clough across Errwood Reservoir to Kinder Scout
Views from Stake Clough across Errwood Reservoir to Kinder Scout

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views from Stake Clough across Errwood Reservoir to Kinder Scout
Views from Stake Clough across Errwood Reservoir to Kinder Scout

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge
Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge
Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Sideview from Stake Side down Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Kinder Scout
Sideview from Stake Side down Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Kinder Scout

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Sideview from Stake Side down Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Kinder Scout
Sideview from Stake Side down Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Kinder Scout

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge
Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Kinder Scout, Rushup Edge & Mam Tor, from top of Stake Side
Kinder Scout, Rushup Edge & Mam Tor, from top of Stake Side

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shutlingsloe, Bosley Cloud, Gun, and Croker Hill; from top of Stake Side
Shutlingsloe, Bosley Cloud, Gun, and Croker Hill; from top of Stake Side

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Path to top of Shining Tor
Path to top of Shining Tor

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views from Shining Tor: Greater Manchester and Winter Hill
Views from Shining Tor: Greater Manchester and Winter Hill

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views from Shining Tor: Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill
Views from Shining Tor: Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views from Shining Tor: towards Kinder Scout
Views from Shining Tor: towards Kinder Scout

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Views from Shining Tor: Greater Manchester
Views from Shining Tor: Greater Manchester

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Peak View Tea Room and Shutlingsloe, from track above Stake Farm
Peak View Tea Room and Shutlingsloe, from track above Stake Farm

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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The Cat & Fiddle
The Cat & Fiddle

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Milestone of old turnpike road, near The Cat & Fiddle (To London 164 miles)
Milestone of old turnpike road, near The Cat & Fiddle (To London 164 miles)

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Peat Hag on Descent from The Cat & Fiddle
Peat Hag on Descent from The Cat & Fiddle

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Concession Path marker post at start of steep descent down the Chest Hollow
Concession Path marker post at start of steep descent down the Chest Hollow

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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The Scaurs (sideclough off the Chest Hollow)
The Scaurs (sideclough off the Chest Hollow)

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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View towards Macclesfield Forest from steep descent down the Chest Hollow
View towards Macclesfield Forest from steep descent down the Chest Hollow

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview up the Chest Hollow
Backview up the Chest Hollow

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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View towards Macclesfield Forest, from bottom of descent down the Chest Hollow
View towards Macclesfield Forest, from bottom of descent down the Chest Hollow

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow and to the Whetstone Ridge
Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow and to the Whetstone Ridge

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow
Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shutlingsloe, from Torgate Hill
Shutlingsloe, from Torgate Hill

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shutlingsloe, from Torgate Hill
Shutlingsloe, from Torgate Hill

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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View down the Clough Brook valley past Yarnshaw Hill, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven
View down the Clough Brook valley past Yarnshaw Hill, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shining Tor, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven
Shining Tor, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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View across Clough Brook valley to Whetstone Ridge, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven
View across Clough Brook valley to Whetstone Ridge, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shining Tor, from track above Forest Chapel
Shining Tor, from track above Forest Chapel

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shining Tor, from track above Forest Chapel, on fringe of Macclesfield Forest
Shining Tor, from track above Forest Chapel, on fringe of Macclesfield Forest

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Steep wooded slope, Macclesfield Forest
Steep wooded slope, Macclesfield Forest

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Macclesfield Forest
Macclesfield Forest

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Stepped Path, Macclesfield Forest
Stepped Path, Macclesfield Forest

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Tegg's Nose, from Hacked Way Lane
Tegg's Nose, from Hacked Way Lane

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Tegg's Nose and Bollin Valley, from Hacked Way Lane
Tegg's Nose and Bollin Valley, from Hacked Way Lane

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Croker Hill, from Hacked Way Lane
Croker Hill, from Hacked Way Lane

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Macclesfield Forest and Shutlingsloe, from Saddler's Way (Tegg's Nose)
Macclesfield Forest and Shutlingsloe, from Saddler's Way (Tegg's Nose)

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Milestone on old turnpike road (Buxton Old Road), by Tegg's Nose Country Park
Milestone on old turnpike road (Buxton Old Road), by Tegg's Nose Country Park

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Macclesfield Forest across Walker Barn stream valley, from Tegg's Nose
Macclesfield Forest across Walker Barn stream valley, from Tegg's Nose

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Gritstone Quarry, Tegg's Nose
Gritstone Quarry, Tegg's Nose

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Model of Swing Saw, Tegg's Nose
Model of Swing Saw, Tegg's Nose

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Tegg's Nose: old quarry, now climbing venue
Tegg's Nose: old quarry, now climbing venue

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Library in the Landscape: Tegg's Nose
Library in the Landscape: Tegg's Nose

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ridgegate Reservoir, Macclesfield Forest & Shutlingsloe, from viewpoint on Tegg's Nose
Ridgegate Reservoir, Macclesfield Forest & Shutlingsloe, from viewpoint on Tegg's Nose

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Gritstone Trail Bench, Tegg's Nose
Gritstone Trail Bench, Tegg's Nose

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Hurdsfield Industrial Estate and Greater Manchester, from Blakelow
Hurdsfield Industrial Estate and Greater Manchester, from Blakelow

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Leadbeaters Reservoir and Macclesfield Town Centre, from Blakelow Road
Leadbeaters Reservoir and Macclesfield Town Centre, from Blakelow Road

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Macclesfield Canal southbound, from Windmill Street
Macclesfield Canal southbound, from Windmill Street

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Macclesfield Canal northbound, from Windmill Street
Macclesfield Canal northbound, from Windmill Street

SWC Walk 389 - Buxton to Macclesfield

Aug-21 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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