Mobberley

 

March 26, 2025

 

Mobberly to Alderley Edge

 

 Distance: 12.4 miles​

Total ascent/descent: 1,200t

 

Difficulty: Easyish

 

Weather: Largely sunny. Warm.

 

Walkers: Alistair Cairns, Andy Blease, Greg Owens,Hughie, Julian Ross, Micky Barret, Mark Gibby, Mike Cassini, Russell Spencer, Keith Welsh, Steve Brearly, Simon Williams, Cliff Worthington

 

Apologies: Jim Riley (builders in), Dean Taylor (motorbiking),Tom Cunliffe ( knee), Mark Enright (w*^king), Chris Owen

 

Alternate walker: Kieran and Jock Rooney with Milly. Non-walking drinkers: Alan Hart and Tom Cunliffe

 

Leader: Simon and Cliff​Diarist: Cliff

 

Starting point: Simon’s house, Faulkners Lane Mobberly, WA16 7AL

 

Starting time: 9.40am​Finishing time: 2.00 pm

 

 

This was a new walk put together by Simon and myself. The lure of Simon’s bacon butties led to a good turn out with even Micky making a welcome return from retirement. Our good friend Alan also joined us for bacon butties as he is now local having moved to Mobberley.

 

We broke with tradition and did not stop at a pub during the walk but instead came back to Mobberley where we were able to meet up with Alan again at the Bulls Head.

 

The walk itself is largely flat except the sharp accent to Alderley Edge.

 

For the third Wednesday in succession the Wanderers were greeted by brilliant sunny and dry weather.

 

We set off turning left out of Simon’s driveway along Faulkners Lane passing the now closed Frozen Mop pub and Antrobus Hall before turning left into Ancoats Lane and again left into Noars Arc Lane which we followed until emerging on Warford Lane. Here we turned right and after about 100 yards we turned through a gate on our left to cross Wilmslow Golf course.

 

Leaving the golf course we emerged into a large field which I believe we should really walk around – but being the wanderers we walked straight across toward a large tree where we went through a gate into a further field. Keeping to the right of this field we turned right though a wooden gate. Going straight through two further fields we emerged on Foden Lane where we turned left. This took us to Chelford Road where we tuned left which led us over theAlderley bypass. We then turned right onto Chorley Hall Lane which took us into Alderley Edge village. We crossed the main Road and continued up Chapel Road whiohc becomes Mottram Road. After passing Alreley cricket club on our left, we turned right up Squirrels Leap which leads to a footpath that leads up to the Edge. 

 

Pie time was called at the top of the edge. Thereafter, we followed along the edge along a clear pathway which emerged onto Swiss Hill, took us down to the cricket club. We retraced our steps to Chelford Road. After the bypass, we turned right through a kissing gate, walked down a hill to a small bridge over a stream and up the other side. We turned right though a large field which brough us to the previously mention large tree where we retraced out step back to Faukners Lane.

 

Collecting our cars from around Simon’s house we drove to the Bulls Head in Mobberley where we were met by Alan, Tom, Jock, Kieran and Lilly.

 

Next weeks walk will start from behind the Queens Hotel in Old Glossop taking us to the Anchor in Padfield. Hopefully Peter will be there to show us the way!