WALKING | An Easy Winter Walk Around Teggs Nose Country Park
Despite a less than favourable weather forecast, we decided to head out towards The Peak District today, and went for walk around Teggs Nose Country Park.
High in the hills just outside of Macclesfield Cheshire on the Peak District Border, lies Teggs Nose, an old quarry, the summit of which reaches 380 metres. We headed straight for the visitor centre and were greeted by the cheerful warden, who pointed us in the direction of various maps and helped us select a short walking route taking us to the summit and around the top of the old quarry.
From such a high vantage point, you can see for miles out across Cheshire, with Jodrell Bank radio telescope visible off in the distance. Despite it being an overcast day, the views were impressive, and the short 1 mile route around the top of the Quarry was quick and easy.
There are other routes that can be taken which are longer, and take you down and around the reservoir, before climbing back up to the Teggs Nose summit.
About half way around the sky turned dark and we could see what we thought was rain sweeping in on us. It turned out to be a ferocious hail storm, followed by snow.
There are several bike routes, as well as much longer 17 and 35 mile walks, all accessible from here, but even on the short route that we took, you also get to see some old quarry machinery, some of which dates back to the 1920’s.
You can find out more about Teggs Nose Country Park here and you can see more of our pictures over on Flickr.
From open water swimming, snowboarding and kayaking to hill walks and meditation, Shell shares her travels and microadventures here on the blog and in various publications she's written for, Shell has a particular interest in promoting wellbeing and the many benefits of nature therapy.
Really interesting article and lovely photos to boot. Think we might get our winter warms on and take a trip up north now…
Thanks Outdoorsy Type! The scenery was great, and if you’re ever up this way, let me know!