Winsford to Hunts Lock on the Weaver Way
Along the Weaver from Winsford past the flashes, the salt mine and Vale Royal Locks to Hunts Lock in Northwich.
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From the free car park on Weaver Valley Road in Winsford, the route follows the River Weaver on the Weaver Way past the flashes and the salt mine, the only working rock salt mine in England.
You pass Vale Royal Locks, close to the site of the old Cistercian abbey (now a golf club), and carry on to Hunts Lock in Northwich before looping back. About nine miles.
Highlights
- Winsford flashes
- Vale Royal Locks
- Hunts Lock
- Distance
- 9 miles (14.5 km)
- Route
- circular
- Difficulty
- easy
- Start
- Free car park on Weaver Valley Road, Winsford
- Parking
- Weaver Valley Road, Winsford
- Terrain
- River, Lakes & meres, History, Old railway & trails
