Cheshire Three Peaks
A long-distance walk of approximately 13 miles which climbs the Cheshire Three Peaks – Tegg’s Nose (370m), Shining Tor (559m), and Shutlingsloe (506m). With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SJ 94997 73284
Distance: 12.8 miles (20.5 km)
Time: 5–6 hours
Duration: 1 day
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25,000):
OL24 The Peak District – White Peak Area
Summary
This classic challenge, set in high country on the western edge of the Peak District National Park, involves a circuit of the three Cheshire peaks – Tegg’s Nose (370m), Shining Tor (559m), and Shutlingsloe (506m). The route covers part of the National Park but is not wholly within its boundaries. As well as the three peaks, the route takes in Macclesfield Forest, Nessit Hill, Cumberland Brook, the popular Cat and Fiddle Inn on the A537 Macclesfield-to-Buxton road, Lamaload Reservoir, and Walker Barn. There are 820 metres of climbing on the approximately thirteen-mile route, which walkers are free to adapt as long as all three peaks are climbed on the circuit. (Note: There is an alternative route, twenty miles long with over 1,000 metres of climbing, devised by Graham Beech — see Ramblers at Cheshire below.)