Hiking routes around Manchester

7 national and international routes pass within 20 km, among them Pennine Bridleway (285 km). GM Ringway passes through Manchester: 20 sections with 325 km mapped in all, 245 km of them within 20 km. Trans-Pennine Trail passes through Manchester: 15 sections with 452 km mapped in all, 67 km of them within 20 km. Regional routes account for the largest share: 589 of the 1,107 km of waymarked route within 20 km. Most of the 33 local routes are short walks: 21 of them are under 10 km. Operators named on the routes listed here include ERA-FERP-EWV, European Ramblers Association and National Trails.

• GM RingwayRegional · 20 sections245 km within 20 km · 325 km in all
• Trans-Pennine TrailRegional · 15 sections67 km within 20 km · 452 km in all · Southport to Hull
• E8International · 44 sections64 km within 20 km · 6,337 km in allERA-FERP-EWV
• Oldham WayLocal62 km within 20 km
• Rochdale WayRegional · Roch58 km within 20 km · 78 km in all
• Cheshire Ring Canal WalkLocal55 km within 20 km
• Pennine BridlewayNational · PB54 km within 20 km · 285 km in allNational Trails
• Tameside TrailLocal52 km within 20 km
• European long distance path E2 westInternational · E2 · 56 sections47 km within 20 km · 4,093 km in allEuropean Ramblers Association
• Salford TrailRegional39 km within 20 km
• Peak District Boundary WalkRegional · 20 sections36 km within 20 km · 309 km in all
• Irwell Sculpture TrailRegional34 km within 20 km · 55 km in all

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 20 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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