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Chester circular route via Ellesmere Port
Route facts
Waterways:
Shropshire Union Canal »
Distance: 11.93 miles / 19.2 km
Difficulty: Moderate
Circular route from: Chester
Good flattish route. Nearly all traffic free.
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Waypoints
2. Chester to the motorway bridge
Cycle along the canal towpath away from Chester in the direction of Ellemere Port and keep to the towpath for approx seven - eight miles. You will pass several bridges on the way and on the way you will pass under the motorway.
Easting: 342206, Northing: 372850
3. Motorway Bridge to Little Sutton
After passing under the motorway bridge the canal bears left, keep to the towpath for about two miles and then the pathway will go left over a bridge accross the canal. You will now be on a traffic free lane for cycling which will take you past Little Sutton. (If you reach the boat museum you have gone too far along the towpath). Follow this lane until you come to the end of it.
Easting: 337016, Northing: 376915
4. Little Sutton to Ledsham Lane
At the end of the lane you will come to a bridleway. Turn left along it.
After about three quarters of a mile turn left into Ledsham Lane and follow it for approx two miles. Towards the end of Ledsham Lane you will bear sharp left and then turn right into Dunkirk Lane.
Follow this lane for approx one mile and you will come to a road junction. At this junction cross the junction going straight ahead along a bridleway. (You will see it slightly to the right of the junction.) Follow this bridleway over two small bridges until you come to the end of it after approx 1.5 miles.
At the end turn left along a narrow lane and at the end turn right.
Easting: 335875, Northing: 374734
After a few hundred yards you will go over a bridge accross the canal. When you have crossed the canal turn right along the canal towpath back towards Chester. You are now returning to Chester along the towpah and should reach the locks after approx three miles.
Easting: 339473, Northing: 369259
