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GM Ringway 8 Broadbottom To Greenfield 2024
Stage 8 of the GM Ringway, the new long-distance trail for Greater Manchester, is an adventurous route that ventures high into the Dark Peak. With its spectacular scenery, it has a feel of the Scottish Highlands in places.
Highlights include:
- Two lovely old lanes, with panoramic views across the Etherow and Longdendale valleys
- A ancient-seeming track that climbs into the Peak District National Park via an old stone bridge
- A brief trackless section through the appropriately named 'Wilderness' – the highest point of the entire GM Ringway trail
- Breathtaking views over Saddleworth's Chew Valley
- A leisurely finish via Chew Piece Plantation, the only remaining area of long-standing deciduous woodland near Dove Stones Reservoir.
The route, which is suitable for experienced walkers with good mapreading and navigation skills, requires good visibility. It includes a considerable amount of ascent (535 m / 1755 ft) and descent and crosses high ground, including some rough, trackless terrain. Parts of the route are likely to be muddy or boggy depending on the season.
We have reinstated the main route here via Carr House south of Woolley Bridge as the alternative via Mottram Church can become impassable with mud.
There are no facilities until the end of the route though pubs and cafes are available by walking east along the A57 from Woolley Bridge. However, an optional (and pretty) diversion is shown at the start of the route that includes the cafe, farm shop and toilets at Lymefield Garden Centre near Broadbottom.
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Walked this stage on Friday 14th March 2025. A lovely crisp dry day for a glorious walk. Good to see a good number of GM Ringway direction plates on post. We used Go Jauntly to help us over the moors before Chew Reservoir. Knowing the area well we thought it would be a quick descent to Greenfield. However the scenic view slowed us down as the paths are rather rock strewn and one has to keep the head down concentrating on where to step. Delightful walk into Greenfield village by the river. Good pint at the Railway. Good dry day for this stage.
I recced this walk 1st week in Nov 23 and tried the alternative route suggested, via Mottram Church. It was horrendously muddy and I would not take a group this way after bad weather. Also, the path near the school was overgrown and unnegotiable. I went back and tried the original route, via Carr House, and it was much better. There was some mud but it was manageable. The walk was very nice, with some good views. Unfortunately, on the day I led the walk, it rained all day so we didn't get the views.