The Eddisbury Way is a footpath running from

Frodsham Frodsham is a market town, civil parish, and electoral ward in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Its population was 8,982 in 2001, increasing to 9,077 at the 2011 Census. It is s ...

to Higher Burwardsley within the English county of

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. The total length of the trail is .The Eddisbury Way - The Mid-Cheshire Footpath Society The path is waymarked with yellow arrows containing the words Eddisbury Way.

The route

The route starts at the Runcorn side of Frodsham at the bridge that crosses the

River Weaver The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1720 and the work, which included ...

. It then proceeds to Bradley, Fivecrosses and Newton before skirting around the edge of

Delamere Forest Delamere Forest is a large wood in the village of Delamere in Cheshire, England. The woodland, which is managed by Forestry England, covers an area of making it the largest area of woodland in the county. It contains a mixture of deciduous and ...

at Manley. The path then follows Dark Ark Lane to Brines Brow picnic area before progressing through

Kelsall Kelsall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located around east of Chester, west of Northwich and north west of Tarporley. The village is s ...

Duddon Duddon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Duddon and Burton, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is on the A51 road and is east of the city of Chest ...

, Burton, Hoofield and Huxley to its conclusion at Higher Burwardsley. The route is shown on Ordnance Survey Explorer maps 257 and 267. The path crosses the Baker Way at Brines Brow picnic area, the

Delamere Way The Delamere Way is a footpath running from Stockton Heath to Frodsham within the English county of Cheshire. The total length of the trail is .{{cite book , title=The Delamere Way , publisher=The Mid-Cheshire Footpath Society The route The Del ...

near the former Crossley hospital at Manley and the

Sandstone Trail The Sandstone Trail is a long-distance walkers' path, following sandstone ridges running north–south from Frodsham in central Cheshire to Whitchurch just over the Shropshire border. The path was created in 1974 and extended in the 1990s. ...

in Higher Burwardsley, which incidentally is the end-point of the Eddisbury Way. This is one of several routes with end-points in the Helsby/Frodsham area, others being the

, the

and the Longster Trail.

References

External links

* * {{cite web , url=http://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Eddisbury+Way , title=Eddisbury Way , publisher=Long Distance Walkers Association Footpaths in Cheshire

The route

See also

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