South Cheshire Way - Crewe to Congleton (Day 4)

Sunday 13th July 2025

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South Cheshire Way Day 4 - Crewe to Congleton

We basically gave up on sticking to the South Cheshire Way (SCW) - We knew we’d missed so much of it the day before, that it didn’t really matter anymore, we may as well just continue with out end to end connection of our lands end to Scotland join the dots walk and just get to our next overnight stop at Congleton.

We did roughly walk along the way, sometimes on it, and sometimes nearby, but why take risks when the South Cheshire Way cannot be claimed as being fully walked anyway.

The walk did have some enjoyable parts - the canal walking up to Rode Heath was good, as was the iced coke at The Broughton Arms and the ice cream at Halton Farm.

But we arrived at The lamb Inn guesthouse at Congleton slightly earlier than we should have done - time to relax and plan a good night out, and a good night out it was - good meal in The Orange Tree and the onto the Little Cellar to enjoy good beer and some live music.

Congleton is a pretty good place and The Lamb Inn Guesthouse was exceptional.


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Distance: 15.6 miles
Duration: 6:15 hours
Ascent: 1145 ft
Difficulty: Moderate/Hard
Accompanied By: Davy
Weather: Hot & Sunny

3D outline of route

Parking

A easy start along the country lanes from Crewe Hall, here we are arriving at Winterley - Certainly not 'Winter' today as temperatures were already above 30 degrees.

Feeding time at the mere.

Heading out of Wheelock Heath - Easy walking in the morning sunshine.

Looks like we are going to go underneath the M6.

Onto the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk, as we re-join the South Cheshire Way again.

Finally a bit of enjoyable walking.

After all those miles yomping along country lanes in this heat - it was lovely to have a gentle picturesque bit of walking to do.

Even time for a bit of messing about.

Approaching Rode Heath where we enjoyed a canal-side cold drink at the Broughton Arms.

Plus a lovely ice cream at Halton Farm on the road to Congleton.

Heading towards Astbury Mere Country Park with Congleton in the distance.

The livestock is much more friendly around here.

Arriving at Astbury.

In the woods around Congleton as we head towards the town and civilisation.

We had a good night out in Congleton - very friendly, nice place to stay and a good meal out - Plus The Little Cellar was a great place to finish the night.