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Trans Pennine Trail at Brinnington to close for 5 weeks resurfacing

Post author By Anthony
Post date 16th June 2021

Part of the Trans Pennine Trail in Stockport will be closed for approximately five weeks from Monday, 28th June 2021 for resurfacing works to take place. Update (21/10/21): This closure has now been postponed to mid-September 2021. Update (21/10/21): The closure has now begun and is expected to last for 5 weeks. There’s currently nothing noted anywhere on the council website or social media, nor any diversion signage in place (the diversion notice below is the one to follow). Why are closures of important cycle links never treated with the same importance as roads? Even if it’s for welcome improvements,Read More

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Alan Newton Way re-opens with improved Marple climb surface

Post author By Anthony
Post date 29th April 2021

It’s still very steep, but oh it’s so much better. The nearly ten-year-old path on the Alan Newton Way which climbs sharply from the River Goyt up to Marple Hall has now been massively improved with cleared vegetation and a new sealed surface.

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Greater Manchester publishes first Active Travel Design Guide

Post author By Anthony
Post date 28th April 2021

Transport for Greater Manchester and the region’s Combined Authority have completed an important step in the implementation of their Bee Network walking and cycling plans, publishing an Active Travel Design Guide that sets out the key rules for designing future schemes in its ten boroughs.

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Alan Newton Way closed for maintenance work below Marple Hall

Post author By Anthony
Post date 16th March 2021

Alan Newton Way climb to Marple Hall as seen in September 2020, with rutted gravel surface and completely overgrown.

Marple’s only off-road cycle route into the borough centre of Stockport will be closed from late March 2021 for much-needed maintenance work on the steep descent below Marple Hall High School to Chadkirk Bridge.

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The Peaks & Puddles Cycling A-Z: T to Z

Post author By Anthony
Post date 8th February 2021

All good things must come to an end, but as we hit the magic number of 26 top cycling highlights of the Peak District borders around Derbyshire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester there’s still plenty of possibilities ahead for this year and beyond…

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The Peaks & Puddles cycling A-Z: G to L

Post author By Anthony
Post date 19th January 2021

Continuing the celebration of local leisure cycling highlights on the western Peak District borders, part two takes us from Goyt’s Moss to Lyme, with some flatter inspiration for this year’s rides along the way thanks to Monsal Trail and the Cheshire lanes.

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Flood-damaged Strines to Roman Lakes bridleway given Flexipave fix

Post author By Anthony
Post date 9th September 2020

This flood-prone rural bridleway on the very edge of Greater Manchester has just had a second round of major improvement works, extending the Flexipave surface begun in 2018 and fixing the drainage problem at the heart of its woes.

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Stockport publishes plans for ‘pop-up’ Heaton Chapel cycle route

Post author By Anthony
Post date 25th August 2020

Stockport Council has finally shared plans for the borough’s first Emergency Active Travel Fund pop-up cycle route, designed to provide a safe route parallel to the A6, just a few days before works are due to begin on the ground.

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Canal & River Trust resume delayed ‘winter’ works to Upper Peak Forest Canal

Post author By Anthony
Post date 17th August 2020

Before a certain global pandemic and nationwide lockdown scuppered everything, the Canal & River Trust had a welcome slate of work to repair some of the worst patches of the Upper Peak Forest Canal between Marple and Disley. Now they’re back.