NCN 70 - Cheshire Cycleway

288.7 km 2710 m climbing About 4 days 10% off road Road cycling Peak District

The first fifth out of Alderley Edge through Bollington and up to Wildboarclough is the hardest riding on the route, hilly ground that sets the tone before the line settles into gentler, rolling country for the remaining four fifths. About a tenth of the distance is off road, spread across the whole route rather than concentrated in one place. The line passes through a long string of small settlements, from Alderley Edge to Great Warford, with the Wirral peninsula section running through Ness, Hooton and Whitby before the route turns inland again past Stoak and Dunham on the Hill.

The figures

Distance	288.7 km
Climbing	2710 m
Off road	28 km, about 10% of the route
Riding time	about 18 hours, roughly 4 days at a moderate pace
Region	Peak District
Route from	Sustrans

Worth knowing before you go

The stretch between Higher Burwardsley and Hargrave is the longest gap between settlements, nearly twenty kilometres, so carry water and food before that section. No Man's Heath, Shocklach and Duckington are small, and the border country around them is genuinely quiet. Navigation through the Chester suburbs, Christleton into Hoole and Handbridge, needs attention where the route threads urban streets.

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NCN 70 - Cheshire Cycleway is an official route from Sustrans (their website).