Manchester Pedestrian Club


Saturday Walking within reach of Manchester
- Courtesy and Companionship

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Walks Programme below.

Special for 2025

The Manchester Pedestrian Club is being re-thought.
The walks programme is largely suspended for the first three months, apart from regular Dunham walks.

 

   

The Hope Valley 2020
(c) Geoff Orsler

The MPC is the second-oldest walking club in the UK, founded in 1903. For most years since then, it has planned walks each Saturday - more than 5500 so far - mainly on the hills around Manchester, followed by refreshment in a nearby venue.

Also occasional Festival Weekends and weekday walks.

Come and Join Us!

 
Coming up Shutlingsloe in the sun, 2018.
Coming up Shutlingsloe in the mist, 2019.
 

Coming up Shutlingsloe - in sun and in mist. (c) Geoff Orsler 2018, Andrew Basden 2019

Contents of MPC Website

See Photographs of earlier walks, sent in by members during the 2020 lockdown.

Walking with the MPC

In the past, up to the Pandemic of 2020, walks have been organised for most Saturdays of the year in locations easily reached from Manchester - in the Pennines, Peak District, Cheshire, North Wales, etc. Most weeks there would be two walks:

However, the Pandemic disturbed that, and our walks programme is being reconsidered. Most weeks there is a walk of around 5 miles (8 km) at Dunham. Other walks will be arranged in due course.

Walks Planned for The Coming Year

Every week there is a walk at Dunham Park. Other longer walks are planned occasionally, starting at the end of March, provisionally as follows (more to be added). Some walks are organised with other groups, especially the Peak & Northern Footpath Society and, this year, the Frodsham Festival of Walks, as indicated.

Details may be found in Walks for 2025.

Walk Date Name Region Length, Grade
5569 4 Jan Dunham S 5m
5570 11 Jan Dunham S 5m
5571 18 Jan Dunham S 5m
5572 25 Jan Dunham S 5m
5573 1 Feb Dunham
5574 8 Feb Dunham
5575 15 Feb Dunham S 5m
5576 22 Feb Dunham
5577 1 Mar Dunham
5578 8 Mar Dunham
5579 15 Mar Dunham
5580 22 Mar Dunham
- Wed 26 Mar Hayfield to Marple PNFS SE 10m
5581 29 Mar (a) Frodsham Flowers & Caves
(b) Dunham 		W 8m easy
5582 5 Apr Dunham
- Wed 9 Apr Whaley Bridge Circular, PNFS S 6m easy
5583 12 Apr Dunham S 4m easy
5584 19 Apr Dunham 4m easy
5585 26 Apr (a) Tintwistle
(b) Dunham 		E 7m mod
- Wed 30 Apr Edale - Bamford, PNFS SE 10m easy
5586 3 May Dunham 4m easy
5587 Mon 5 May Frodsham Circular
(Frodsham Festival of Walks) 		W 12m mod
5588 10 May Dunham 4m easy
- Wed 14 May Adlington to Macclesfield, PNFS S 7m
5589 17 May Dunham
5590 24 May (a) TBA
(b) Dunham 		S 7-8m, 4-5m
- Wed 28 May Kidsgrove Circular, PNFS S 10m
5591 31 May Dunham

Details may be found in Walks for 2025.

Walk Date Name Region Length, Grade
5592 7 Jun
5593 14 Jun
5594 21 Jun
5595 28 Jun
5596 5 Jul
5597 12 Jul
5598 19 Jul
5599 26 Jul
5600 2 Aug
5601 9 Aug
5602 16 Aug
5603 23 Aug
5604 30 Aug
5605 6 Sep
5606 13 Sep
5607 20 Sep
5608 27 Sep
5609 4 Oct
5610 11 Oct
5611 18 Oct
5612 25 Oct
5613 1 Nov
5614 8 Nov
5615 15 Nov
5616 22 Nov
5617 29 Nov
5618 6 Dec
- 13 Dec AGM

Walks during 2024.
Index page of 2024.

Notes:

Duhnam Walks. See details on Walks This Year.

Walks with the Peak & Northern Footpaths Society. See the PNFS Walks Page for details.

Frodsham Festival of Walks. The Frodsham Circular is organised jointly by the MPC and the Frodsham Festival of Walks, as the final walk in this year's week-long festival, 25th April to 5th May. All are welcome on this walk and on any of the 30 walks in the Festival. See FFoW Home Page for details.

It is a condition of joining a walk that participants understand and agree to abide by the rules for walks contained on the page, Walking with the MPC.

  Group at Dobcross, 2017. (c) Geoff Orsler  

We even enjoy the wet! Group at Dobcross. (c) Geoff Orsler 2017

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