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Audlem and Swanbach

A short Boxing Day sunrise loop from Audlem down the Shropshire Union to Swanbach and back on the lanes.

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Getting out first thing on Boxing Day, still full of Christmas dinner, is hard work, but you're often rewarded with a sunrise.

From Audlem, south of Nantwich, you pick up the Shropshire Union Canal and follow it a mile south to Swanbach, do a lap of the hamlet, then come back up Bagley Lane and Wood Orchard Lane and take the path into Audlem. Three and a half miles, worth doing any day of the year.

Highlights

  • Shropshire Union Canal
  • Swanbach
  • Audlem village
Distance
3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Route
circular
Difficulty
easy
Start
Audlem car park
Parking
Audlem village car park (free when I went)
Terrain
Canal, Fields

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