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GM Ringway stage 20 Stretford to Manchester

Sun, 28 Jul

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Stretford

The final stage of the GM Ringway connects Stretford with Manchester city centre via a series of largely traffic-free waterside paths. The route includes some little-known green spaces and an astonishing series of museums and heritage sites from every age, making it a worthwhile full-day outing.

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GM Ringway stage 20 Stretford to Manchester
GM Ringway stage 20 Stretford to Manchester

Time & Location

28 Jul 2024, 14:00

Stretford, Edge Ln, Stretford, Manchester M32 8HN, UK

About the event

The final stage of the GM Ringway connects Stretford with Manchester city centre via a series of largely traffic-free waterside paths. The route includes some little-known green spaces and an astonishing series of museums and heritage sites from every age, making it a worthwhile full-day outing.

Highlights include:

  • The striking structure of Imperial War Museum North, designed by US architect Daniel Libeskind
  • The vibrant waterside attractions of Salford Quays
  • The Grade I-listed Ordsall Hall, a 15th-century manor house surrounded by Elizabethan gardens
  • Riverside paths along the Manchester Ship Canal and River Irwell, the surprisingly peaceful waterways separating the cities of Manchester and Salford
  • A wander between green and traffic-free spaces of the city centre, including optional short loops to explore Castlefield’s Roman gardens and fort and the Medieval Quarter.

Note that parts of the trail may be damp and slippery at any time of year and especially after periods of wet weather. Please bear this in mind when planning your trip.

Map and Directions 

This walk is available on the user-friendly Go Jauntly walking app. Here, photographs and written directions will enable you to follow the route on your phone. You can also download a printable PDF of the directions from the same link.

Alternatively, you can follow the route (without written directions) on the mobile-friendly Plotaroute site. To use Plotaroute on your phone’s browser, simply click the map. Then, when you’re ready to start walking, click the tracker icon (bottom right) to show your position as you follow the route.

Terrain

This route is almost entirely level. Furthermore, virtually all of the paths used are hard-surfaced, though there are some cobbled and uneven sections where you should pay attention to your footing. There are very few stepped sections apart from a set of low steps onto and down from the canal bridge just after the 1-mile/1.60-km point, and a flight of steps where you leave the canal just before the 2.5-mile/4-km point.

Facilities

Payable public toilets (including accessible facilities) can be found in Stretford Mall (near the start of the route) during opening hours. Along the way, toilets open to the public can also be found between the 3-mile/5-km and 4-mile/6.5-km points in the Imperial War Museum North, the Lowry arts centre and the Lowry Shopping Mall. At the end of the walk, free-of-charge public toilets (including accessible facilities) are passed in the Town Hall Extension in Mount Street.

There are countless refreshment opportunities on this stage of trail, first of all at Hotel Football (at the 3.5-mile/5-km point) and 1 mile/1.6 km later in and around MediaCity. There is a café at Ordsall Hall when the museum is open. Once the trail reaches crosses the Irwell, at the 6-mile/9.6-km point near Aviva Studios, you will pass a massive number of bars, cafes and restaurants in the city centre.

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