Manchester Pedestrian Club


Saturday Walking within reach of Manchester
- Courtesy and Companionship

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Walks Programme below.

Special for 2026

We celebrate 5,600 walks organised by the MPC!

See Walks Table below.

The Manchester Pedestrian Club is being re-thought.
This year we are delighted to be able to recommend walks organised by the Peak & Northern Footpath Society as well as our own.

   

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.
 
 
Descending Shutlingsloe, 2025
 

Shutlingsloe - coming up in sun and in mist, and down.
(c) Geoff Orsler 2018, Andrew Basden 2019, 2025


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

Note: Some dates or walks might be provisional. Every week there is a walk at Dunham Park. Some walks are organised with other groups, especially the Peak & Northern Footpath Society and, this year, the Manchester Festival of Walks, as indicated.

Details may be found in Details of Walks for 2026.

Walk Date Name Region Length, Grade
Sat 3 Jan No walk
PNFS Wed 7 Jan Preston Rivers & Bridges NW 6m
Sat 10 Jan Dunham SW 4m
Sat 17 Jan Longdendale E 8m
Sat 24 Jan Dunham SW 4m
PNFS Wed 28 Jan Holmes Chapel S ?
Sat 31 Jan
Sat 7 Feb ? Marple to New Mills SE 11m
PNFS Wed 11 Feb Wilmslow to Mobberley Linear S 6-7m
Sat 14 Feb
Sat 21 Feb TBA
PNFS Wed 25 Feb TBA
Sat 28 Feb
Sat 7 Mar TBA
PNFS Wed 11 Mar Frodsham Circular W 8.5m
Sat 14 Mar
Sat 21 Mar Frodsham Flowers and Caves
PNFS Wed 25 Mar TBA
Sat 28 Mar
Sat 4 Apr TBA
PNFS Wed 8 Apr Macclesfield Circular SE 7.5m
Sat 11 Apr
Sat 18 Apr TBA
Sat 25 Apr
Sat 2 May Greenfield to Littleborough
Repeating a 1926 Walk
as part of Manchester Festival of Walks
N 12m
PNFS Wed 6 May Whaley Bridge Circular S 6.3m, 800ft ascent
Sat 9 May
Sat 16 May TBA
as part of Manchester Festival of Walks
Sat 23 May
Sat 30 May
Sat 6 Jun
PNFS Wed 10 Jun Tutbury & Hatton Circular S 9m
Sat 13 Jun
Sat 20 Jun
Sat 27 Jun
Sat 4 Jul
Sat 11 Jul
Sat 18 Jul
Sat 25 Jul
Sat 1 Aug
Thursday 6 Aug TBA
Sat 8 Aug
Sat 15 Aug
Sat 22 Aug
Sat 29 Aug
Sat 5 Sep
Sat 12 Sep
Sat 19 Sep
Sat 26 Sep
Sat 3 Oct
Sat 10 Oct
Sat 17 Oct
Sat 24 Oct
Sat 31 Oct
Sat 7 Nov
Sat 14 Nov
Sat 21 Nov
Sat 28 Nov
Sat 5 Dec
Sat 12 Dec AGM

Walks during 2025.

New:

1. We are cataloguing our archive.

2. Ernest Kershaw's book Mancheser Pedestrians 1903 - 1970

cover of Kershaw Book. 1742,2526

has been scanned as a pdf.
A very interesting read not only for Club Members
but also for social historians
and indeed anyone interested in history.

 

Notes:

Duhnam Walks. See details on

Walks with the Peak & Northern Footpaths Society. Main details may be found on Walks This Year. See the PNFS Walks Page for full details.

Manchester Festival of Walks. During May MPC walks are arranged as part of the Manchester Festival of Walks. There are many others. See (TBS).

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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