Hiking routes around Oldham

7 national and international routes pass within 15 km, among them Pennine Bridleway (285 km). GM Ringway passes through Oldham: 20 sections with 325 km mapped in all, 127 km of them within 15 km. European long distance path E2 west passes through Oldham: 56 sections with 4,093 km mapped in all, 51 km of them within 15 km. Regional routes account for the largest share: 368 of the 829 km of waymarked route within 15 km. Most of the 24 local routes are short walks: 13 of them are under 10 km. National Trails looks after 2 of the 12 routes listed here.

• GM RingwayRegional · 20 sections127 km within 15 km · 325 km in all
• Rochdale WayRegional · Roch73 km within 15 km
• Pennine BridlewayNational · PB66 km within 15 km · 285 km in allNational Trails
• Oldham WayLocal66 km within 15 km
• Tameside TrailLocal52 km within 15 km
• European long distance path E2 westInternational · E2 · 56 sections51 km within 15 km · 4,093 km in allEuropean Ramblers Association
• Trans-Pennine TrailRegional · 15 sections35 km within 15 km · 452 km in all · Southport to Hull
• Peak District Boundary WalkRegional · 20 sections35 km within 15 km · 309 km in all
• E8International · 44 sections32 km within 15 km · 6,337 km in allERA-FERP-EWV
• Irwell Sculpture TrailRegional28 km within 15 km · 55 km in all
• Pennine WayNational · 12 sections26 km within 15 km · 412 km in allNational Trails
• Cheshire Ring Canal WalkLocal24 km within 15 km

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 15 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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