About this Event
Welcome to Freshwalks. This Walks for Women event is part of our own vibrant business community programme and women in business are welcome to join us for some invigorating networking in the great outdoors. This monthly series offers a perfect entry level option and is ideal for those with busy diaries. Feel free to come alone - most Freshwalkers do - and you'll be warmly welcomed or invite a colleague or client along for company.
Route description
Dunham Massey is a medieval deer park covering nearly 200 acres and features fine avenues, woodland and open grassland. The herd of more than 150 fallow deer have been resident in the park for hundreds of years.
Part of the Dunham Massey Estate, the park includes a magnificent collection of ancient trees with many of the giant oaks dating back to the 1600s. Dunham Massey also has several grade II listed buildings; including the 18th-century sandstone obelisk at the end of the north vista from Dunham Massey Hall. Tradition has it that it marks the burial site of a racehorse.
Dating back to 1616, we’ll also pass the Mill, the oldest building in the park - a corn mill later converted to a sawmill in 1860.
Route: Dunham Massey - Dunham Park - Little Bollington - Bridgewater Canal - Dunham Massey
Distance: 8km
Grade: Easy (more info on grading here)
Max elevation: 38m / Total ascent: 53m
Proposed schedule:
10:30 - Meeting
10:45 - Walk starts
13:00 - Walk finishes
Walk leader: Katya Willems
Meeting location: Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 4SJ (in front of the Georgian house) https://w3w.co/fruitcake.worker.senior
Parking: Free to National Trust members, £10 to non-members.
Public transport: The closest train stations are Altrincham (3 miles) and Hale (3 miles). From Altrincham, you can catch the hourly 280 bus which stops at the Dunham Massey entrance gate.
Toilets: Public toilets at the Visitor Centre
Post-walk: The Swan with Two Nicks
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Dunham Massey, Woodhouse Lane, Altrincham, United Kingdom
GBP 20.00
