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Rode Heath and Church Lawton

Up the canal to Church Lawton, through the woods past Lawton Hall to the Bleeding Wolf, and back over the fields and Bratt's Wood.

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Another localish one, three miles from Sandbach to Rode Heath on the edge of Alsager. You run up the Trent and Mersey Canal to All Saints Church at Church Lawton, then through the woods past Lawton Hall to the Bleeding Wolf, a thatched pub on the edge of Scholar Green.

The way back crosses the fields and goes through Bratt's Wood to Rode Heath.

On the Rode Heath and Church Lawton route
On the Rode Heath and Church Lawton route

Highlights

  • Trent and Mersey Canal
  • All Saints, Church Lawton
  • The Bleeding Wolf
Distance
5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Route
circular
Difficulty
easy
Start
Rode Heath
Parking
Rode Heath
Terrain
Canal, Woods, History, Pub

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