Car-free walks in Greater Manchester
Walks with a railway station within a kilometre of both ends, or a station at one end and a bus stop at the other. Check the timetable before you go: we know where the stations and stops are, not how often anything runs.
Walks
- NW 1008Ladybrook Valley Interest Trail11.7 miles. Starts 0.3 miles from Gatley station, finishes 0.6 miles from Disley station.
- NW 1022Manchester Green Trail 156.6 miles. Starts 0.4 miles from East Didsbury station, finishes 0.3 miles from Levenshulme station.
- NW 1034Manchester Green Trail 15 miles. Starts 0.4 miles from Levenshulme station, finishes at a bus stop (Clayton, Ashton New Road / outside Clayton Hall Metrolink Stop).
- NW 1094Tame Valley Way2.1 miles. Starts 0.2 miles from a bus stop (Denshaw Road/Friarmere Road), finishes 0.5 miles from Greenfield station.
- NW 1099Peak Forest Canal towpath2 miles. Starts at a bus stop (Marple, Strines Road / by Rose Tor), finishes 0.5 miles from Strines station.
- NW 1145Tameside Way1 mile. Starts at a bus stop (Greenfield, Manchester Road / opposite Royal George), finishes 0.3 miles from Greenfield station.
- NW 1164St Andrew's Trail0.6 miles. Starts and finishes 0.5 miles from Levenshulme station.
- NW 1173Fallowfield Loop6.3 miles. Starts at a bus stop (St Werburgh's Road/Egerton Road South), finishes 0.2 miles from Fairfield station.
Sections of longer routes
Each is one stage of a long-distance route, with its own page to log it.
- EM 102.04Old Glossop to GreenfieldPart of the Peak District Boundary Walk. 10 miles. Starts 0.6 miles from Glossop station, finishes 0.5 miles from a bus stop (Bank Lane).
- NW 101.07Ashton-upon-Mersey to StockportPart of the Trans-Pennine Trail. 12.9 miles. Starts at a bus stop (Ashton upon Mersey, Carrington Lane / outside Mersey Farm), finishes 0.3 miles from Stockport station.
- NW 101.08Stockport to Gee CrossPart of the Trans-Pennine Trail. 9.5 miles. Starts 0.3 miles from Stockport station, finishes 0.5 miles from a bus stop (Stockport Road/Grapes Hotel).
- NW 102.01Manchester to Sale MoorPart of the GM Ringway. 7.4 miles. Starts and finishes 0.3 miles from Manchester Oxford Road station.
- NW 102.02Sale Moor to DidsburyPart of the GM Ringway. 6.7 miles. Starts 0.4 miles from a bus stop (Sale Moor, Old Hall Road / Wythenshawe Road (Stop B)), finishes 0.6 miles from East Didsbury station.
- NW 102.03Didsbury to BramhallPart of the GM Ringway. 7.5 miles. Starts 0.6 miles from East Didsbury station, finishes at Bramhall station.
- NW 102.06Strines to Marple BridgePart of the GM Ringway. 8.8 miles. Starts at a bus stop (Marple, Strines Road / near The Dingle), finishes at Strines station.
- NW 102.07Marple Bridge to BroadbottomPart of the GM Ringway. 9.3 miles. Starts and finishes at Marple station.
- NW 102.08Broadbottom to GreenfieldPart of the GM Ringway. 12 miles. Starts at Broadbottom station, finishes at Greenfield station.
- NW 102.09Greenfield to HaughPart of the GM Ringway. 12.8 miles. Starts at Greenfield station, finishes at a bus stop (Huddersfield Road/Newhey Station).
- NW 102.10Haugh to LittleboroughPart of the GM Ringway. 11.6 miles. Starts at a bus stop (Huddersfield Road/Newhey Station), finishes at Littleborough station.
- NW 102.11Littleborough to NordenPart of the GM Ringway. 12.6 miles. Starts and finishes at Littleborough station.
- NW 102.13Bury to Bromley CrossPart of the GM Ringway. 11.5 miles. Starts 0.2 miles from a bus stop (Bolton St/East Lancs Railway (Stop TT)), finishes at Bromley Cross station.
- NW 102.14Bromley Cross to BlackrodPart of the GM Ringway. 13.8 miles. Starts at Bromley Cross station, finishes at Blackrod station.
- NW 102.15Blackrod to WiganPart of the GM Ringway. 10.2 miles. Starts at Blackrod station, finishes at Wigan North Western station.
- NW 102.16Wigan to LeighPart of the GM Ringway. 10.1 miles. Starts at Wigan North Western station, finishes at a bus stop (Leigh Bus Station (Stand RR)).
- NW 102.17Leigh to Lower IrlamPart of the GM Ringway. 10.4 miles. Starts at a bus stop (Leigh Bus Station (Stand RR)), finishes at Irlam station.
- NW 102.18Lower Irlam to AltrinchamPart of the GM Ringway. 10.6 miles. Starts at Irlam station, finishes at Altrincham station.
- NW 102.19Altrincham to Gorse HillPart of the GM Ringway. 9.4 miles. Starts at Altrincham station, finishes at a bus stop (Stretford, Edge Lane / Stretford Metrolink Stop).
- NW 102.20Gorse Hill to ManchesterPart of the GM Ringway. 8 miles. Starts at a bus stop (Stretford, Edge Lane / Stretford Metrolink Stop), finishes 0.3 miles from Manchester Oxford Road station.
- NW 104.07Ashton-under-Lyne to MosleyPart of the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk. 8.5 miles. Starts 0.2 miles from a bus stop (Ashton-under-Lyne, Cavendish Street / opposite Asda), finishes 0.4 miles from Trafford Park station.
- NW 104.08Mosley to BroomedgePart of the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk. 9.1 miles. Starts 0.4 miles from Trafford Park station, finishes 0.1 miles from a bus stop (Little Bollington, Lymm Road / Agden Brook Farm).
- NW 128.04East - Broadbottom to MossleyPart of the Tameside Trail. 9.4 miles. Starts 0.3 miles from a bus stop (Hey Farm), finishes at Broadbottom station.
- NW 130.02Clifton to Roe GreenPart of the Salford Trail. 10.6 miles. Starts at a bus stop (Manchester Road/Moss Colliery Road), finishes 0.6 miles from Moorside station.
- SE 102.01Bledlow to MellorPart of the Midshires Way. 10.4 miles. Starts 0.3 miles from Stockport station, finishes 0.3 miles from a bus stop (Marple, Strines Road / by Rose Tor).