The Head of Trent and Brown Edge
From Knypersley Pool near Biddulph through Brown Edge to where the River Trent begins its long journey to the Humber.
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I love running beside a river, and I've done the Dee plenty of times, so I fancied following the Trent. Before going downstream to Stoke, Stone and beyond, I thought I'd start where it starts: the Head of Trent near Biddulph.
From Greenway Bank Country Park at Knypersley Pool, instead of the usual lap of the reservoir, you head south through the parish of Brown Edge to Ball Green and Norton Green, picking up the young river as it trickles out of the hills.
Highlights
- Knypersley Pool
- Source of the River Trent
- Brown Edge
- Distance
- 4.7 miles (7.6 km)
- Route
- circular
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Start
- Greenway Bank Country Park, Knypersley Pool
- Parking
- Greenway Bank Country Park
- Terrain
- River, Lakes & meres, Woods, Hills
