Ruth's Wanderer Monthly Walk - Return to the Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm Circular (2.5 to 3 hour moderate pace walk)- start

Overview

RUTH'S LONGER 2-3 HOUR TUESDAY WANDERER MONTHLY WALK (meet at 10.20am for a prompt 10.30am start time) - Led by Parks and Pathways Walk Leader Ruth Evans. It will be a moderate pace 2.5 -3 hour walk of around 5 to 8 miles from different locations taking place once a month when Ruth is available.  THIS MONTH - Join Ruth for a revisit to the Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm. This five and a half mile walk starts and ends at Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm, and is on mostly flat terrain. It takes in the Transpennine Trail, the Bridgewater Canal, Dunham Town, and Dunham Massey. The Ice Cream Farm will be open post-walk for their delicious ice cream, and/or a light lunch. Visit https://www.dunhammasseyicecream.com/ for more information. There are no toilets at the start point, but there are toilet facilities at Dunham Massey Hall, partway round the walk. Maybe sneak in an extra ice cream too at the Snugbury's Ice Cream Parlour at Dunham Massey! Meeting point: Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm, 34 Station Road, Dunham Massey, WA14 5SG. Leave the M56 at junction 7 & follow signs for A56 Lymm. At the Bowdon Interchange roundabout, take the A56 Dunham Road towards Altrincham. Turn left at the traffic lights onto the B5160 Charcoal Road, which becomes Woodhouse Lane. Follow the B5160 for approx 2 miles going pastthe entrance for NT Dunham Massey. After a sharp right hand bend look for the signpost for Ash Farm & turn into the Farm car park where the Ice Cream Farm shop is. The official Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm address on Google Maps is 34 Station Road, Dunham Massey WA14 5SG but it is a continuation of the B5160 Woodhouse Lane before it becomes Dunham Road. What3Words: ///threaten.tougher.brownish will take you to the Ice Cream Farm. Google Maps:search for Dunham Massey Farm Ice Cream, 34 Station Road, Dunham Massey. This should take you to the Ice Cream Farm. POLE HIRE: contact Ruth if you need to hire poles for the walk (she has one set of strapless poles and one set of traditional strapped poles available). £1 coin on the day to Ruth.