Macclesfield to Leek Walk
Reservoirs, Macclesfield Forest, the 'Cheshire Matterhorn', lonely Wildboarclough, the Dane Valley, Lud's Church chasm and the Roaches gritstone escarpment
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The Roaches, from field by Windygates Farm
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ridgegate Reservoir
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Shutlingsloe from Berry Bank (close up)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (detail)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Last Rockface on The Roaches, plus Hen Cloud
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Macclesfield Canal, from Richmond Hill (road)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Croker Hill across the Bollin Valley, from The Hollins
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blakelow, from Birch Knoll
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Tegg's Nose and Bottoms Reservoir, from Clarke Lane
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ridgegate Reservoir and Nessit Hill
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Bench-with-views: across the bowl of the Macclesfield Forest to Toot Hill
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Across Piggford Moor: engineered path to Shutlingsloe
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Shining Tor and Whetstone Ridge, from approach to Shutlingsloe
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Black Sheep on final ascent to Shutlingsloe
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Bog Cotton on Shutlingsloe
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views from Shutlingsloe: Piggford Moor, Croker Hill and Bosley Cloud
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views from Shutlingsloe: Shining Tor, Cats Tor, Cat & Fiddle
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views from Shutlingsloe: Macclesfield Forest
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views from Shutlingsloe: Wildboarclough and The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views from Shutlingsloe: Wildboarclough with Crag Hall
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Views from Shutlingsloe: The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Shutlingsloe from Berry Bank
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from Shutlingsloe: Tagsclough Hill, The Roaches and Tittesworth Reservoir
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Shutlingsloe from A54
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Shutlingsloe from Public Road along Tagsclough Hill
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Shutlingsloe from Public Road along Tagsclough Hill
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gradbach Hill, Ramshaw Rocks, The Roaches; from Public Road along Tagsclough Hill
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gradbach Hill, Ramshaw Rocks, The Roaches; from Public Road along Tagsclough Hill
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Roaches from field by Goosetree Farm
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Outdoors Café, Gradbach Mill, Dane River
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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County Boundary Marker, Gradbach Mill, Dane River
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (detail)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (detail)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (Money Tree)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (detail)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (detail)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (detail)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (detail)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Lud's Church Chasm (detail)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Shutlingsloe, from Back Forest
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Backview along The Ridge, towards the Hanging Stone
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View along The Ridge, towards The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Tittesworth Reservoir, from Roach End
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gritstone Sculptures on The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gritstone on The Roaches, Croker Hill in background
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Shutlingsloe, from The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gritstone Sculptures on The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Trig Point on The Roaches, Shutlingsloe behind
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gritstone Sculptures on The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Bog Cotton on The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gritstone Sculptures on The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Doxey Pool, The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Doxey Pool, The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Roaches: View to Hen Cloud
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Bog Cotton and Gritstone Sculptures on The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The descending path through the gap
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Through Woodland towards the main climbers' rockface
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Through Woodland towards the main climbers' rockface
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Roaches: the main climbers' rockface
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Tittesworth Reservoir towards Leek, from The Roaches
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Hen Cloud
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Ramshaw Rocks, from saddle between The Roaches and Hen Cloud
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Hen Cloud, from field by Windygates Farm
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Roaches, from field by Windygates Farm
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Hen Cloud, from field by Windygates Farm
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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All of The Roaches, from field by Windygates Farm
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Roaches and Hen Cloud, from field by Windygates Farm
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks, from Hillswood (?)
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks, from hill above Churnet River on fringes of Leek
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Nicholson War Memorial, Leek
SWC Walk 380 Macclesfield to Leek (via Shutlingsloe, Lud's Church and the Roaches)
Jun-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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