🥾 Walking route
Arley Hall Circular Walk
Cheshire East
- 📏 8.4 km · 5.2 mi
- ⛰ +86 m
- ⏱ 2 hr
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance8.4 km · 5.2 mi
- Elevation+86 m
- Duration2 hr
- DifficultyModerate
- Route typeCircular
- TerrainField paths, quiet lanes and estate tracks; mostly flat with gentle undulations
- Best seasonLate spring to early autumn
- DogsDog-friendly on leads; livestock and road sections in places
About this walk
Starting and finishing in the small Cheshire village of Antrobus, this 8.4 km loop weaves through quiet lanes, farmland and estate country on the fringes of the Arley Hall estate. The route heads out past The Fish Garden and the New Westage Ice Cream Farm, a welcome stop for a scoop before or after the walk, then continues along field paths towards Great Budworth.
At the heart of Great Budworth you pass the church of Saint Mary and All Saints, whose sandstone tower rises above one of Cheshire's most photogenic villages. From here the route turns north through Budworth Heath Covert and back across gently rolling farmland to Antrobus. Along the way you skirt features associated with the Arley estate, with views towards Arley Hall itself and woodland pockets such as Dairy Wood, Moat Covert and The Belts.
With only 86 metres of ascent spread over the loop, this is an easy-going moderate walk that packs in a lot of classic Cheshire scenery in around two hours.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
5 waypoints along the way
- 1
Antrobus (start and finish)
- Start / finish
Start and finish of this circular route.
- 2
The Fish Garden
- 3
New Westage Ice Cream Farm
- 4
Saint Mary and All Saints, Great Budworth
- 5
Budworth Heath Covert
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Arley Hall
~283 m off the route
Dene Well
~294 m off the route
Dairy Wood
~187 m off the route
Moat Covert
~212 m off the route
The Belts
~225 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).