Chelford

Chelford – Alderley Edge Circular

June 18,2025

Egerton Arms, Sossmoss Wood, Nether Alderley, The Edge, Alderley Edge, Warford Hall

Distance: 10.53 miles Ascent/descent: 260 ft

Difiiculty: Easy

Weather: Drizzle at first but turned fine later.

Walkers: Steve Brearley, Mike Cassini, Russell Spencer, Simon Williams, Keith Welsh, Cliff

Worthington.

Alternative walkers:

Leader: Russell, Diarist: Russell

Starting point: Egerton Arms Chelford, SK11 9BB

Starting time: 9.50am Finishing time: 14.00pm

 

This Weeks Route:

Chelford – Alderley Edge Circular

I have saved this walk for public consumption. Anyone can follow the route using the OS app,

providing you have a registered account (Free) in future.

Travelling to the meeting point the heavens opened and it looked like it was going to be a wet one,

Cliff had threatened to stay in the car, however it subsided somewhat and we got our boots on.

Unfortunately it turned out the Mark was supposed to be leading but had to pull out, so we hastily drew up a route with the OS app (once we had a signal) and off we went.

The rain eased off and it turned into a fine day for walking, we stopped on ‘The Edge’ for lunch, with a fine view of the Cheshire Plains and you can now see the Woodford Housing development becoming a landmark.

On the way back we had a slight concern about crossing the bypass road, as it showed an Orange

dotted line (not green) however a quick chat with AI confirmed that this is a concessionary

footpath and is passable.

We had to double back a little at Warford Hall as the gate had been locked due to some major

renovations being done by some famous footballer and his wife.

Next week’s walk will be led by Russell, starting at The Sportsmans Arms, Hayfield, SK22 2LE, and I intend to go up to Kinder Downfall and back down to the pub for approximately 1.30-2.00 pm. Weather permitting!

From the archives. By Alan Hart

December 30th, 2020

St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley, dates back to the 14th Century and, at its gate, is a building, which was once Nether Alderley Boys' School, dating from the 17th Century. It was a school until 1908.  The nearby rectory was once the home of Neil and Christine Hamilton, the former MP for Tatton and his wife, who notoriously accepted free lavish hospitality from Harrods' Egyptian owner Mohammed al Fayed in return for seeking to get him a British passport. When al Fayed's passport application was refused, he tipped off the press about his failed bribe to the Hamiltons.

Happy Wandering!