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Ran from Disbury to Broadbottom last night and have to say the signage was awful! Really struggled to follow the route in several places. Does anyone actually check this? Signs are hidden or non-existent in many places. Maybe someone should ride or walk it and check?
My 12 year old grandson and his 76 year old grandad, have spent the last two Thursdays walking a total of 22 miles on the trail, in training for a sponsored walk from Sale to Southport. The money will be used to assist scouts in attending an international camp in Switzerland late this year.
Please look out for us on the trail on Saturday and Sunday, if you see us give us a shout, my grandson has ginger hair and I am 76 years old and looking forward to the trip, we will be raising money for the scout association.
Good luck to you both! Will keep an eye out for you both 🙂 Let us know how you get on when you return!!
Hi Hannah thank you unfortunately.we had to give up part way, due to injury, but we will be back soon.
Can I suggest we get a list of the local B&B’s, cafés & pubs close to the route put up on the web site.
At Dunham Massey the rope and anchor pub is 100 yards from the trail, but many people would pass without knowing. At the next Junction Atlantic street Altrincham the café at the local shops and the Asda café are handy, but no one would find those.
we have issues with motorcycles in stanley wakefield near St peters crescent wf34ap- youths on dirt bikes and now a neighbor with a brand new yellow speed motorcycle going up and down on the trail. The police has been informed and we are waiting for something to happen. Having the back garden literally next to the trail we get all the noise and all the fumes from these bastards. There are no visible signs against motorcycles- could someone do something about this?
Hello Marcus
sorry to hear about the issues are having with the motorcycles. I imagine that can be very unpleasant. I can inform the local authority officer for your area of the issue and forward your concerns to hear and see if we can get somebody to come down and see if they can put up some signage regarding this.
Kind Regards Trans Pennine Trail Team
I have sent an email to Warrington borough council highlighting an ongoing flooding problem which frequently renders a section of the trail impassable. The section runs between Bradshaw lane, Grappenhall, Warrington and Thelwall British legion, Thelwall, Warrington. I would appreciate you monitoring the situation.
Thank you for letting us know – we have made a note of this on the TPT problem database so we will be able to monitor this for you.
I know we have experienced some extreme weather in the past few months so this is also a big contributor.
If you experience any further issues whilst out on the Trail please let us know via this website or info@77.104.132.176
Kind Regards
TPT National Office
Can anything be done about the state of the TPT through Tapton Golf Course? It’s passable only by mountain bikes and only by riders willing to get wet and muddy. It would, and should, be a useful way to avoid the steep and narrow Crow Lane, and link to the new route that the Chesterfield Council are building from Queens Park to Chesterfield Railway Station, but I’ve fallen off here because of the poor condition of the surface, and it would be very dangerous for my children to use it to get into town. I’ve been in contact with Chesterfield Council, who are in contact with the owner to little effect. I’m not entirely sure who’s responsible for the maintenance of the route, but they’re currently failing to provide anything other than a technical mountain bike trail.
There’s a new sign been erected near me on Pipering Lane, Scawthorpe, it’s a joint sign with Doncaster Greenway.
The previous ‘Selby-Bentley’ sign directed TPW followers down Pipering Lane towards Bentley Park and the path to the disused Railway line at the back of the park. The new sign directs followers over the road towards Jossey Lane, where I imagine it must then go over the railway bridge towards the park.
I’m just pointing this out, as, if it’s correct, the roadway over the bridge is very difficult with road traffic, or is the sign just pointing the wrong way??
What a fantastic resource!! I am new to cycling as I’m training for a charity ride in Cambodia. I need to practice on varied terrain and get really scared on roads. The route from Lymm to Southport was ideal. I did purchase the map which is really clear but the route is so well signposted we could have managed without. We stayed at the Leicester in Southport which was really nice and they locked our bikes away overnight. Brilliant thank you!!!
I plan to walk the entire trail from Southport to Hornsea in May/June 2016. I am struggling to find cheapish accomodation and dont want to “tent it.” Any suggestions about where to stay and which towns may warrant more than 1 night, would be great. Thank you.
Hi Claire,
Did you make any progress on this topic? I am planning on walking the trail later this year as well and have not found much on sites such as airbnb, especially in some of the more rural locations
Alex
TPT – Stockport to Sheffield/Rotherham
Hi, my girlfriend and I are very keen cyclists looking for adventure and love the TPT. We’ve been out to Reddish Vale today. We’re just wondering if there’s an off road trail over the Pennines to Sheffield/Rotherham ?
Best Regards
Rich
Spent 2 great days, picking up the trail in Sheffield and riding through to Hornsea – (Note – friendly helpful staff @ The Wishing Well/Selby)
Generally – we found the signs/directions really well placed
Worst section was Hull city centre, signs not great and route far too “urban” (Elloughton > Beverly > Hornsea – a detour?).
But overall a great route and experience
Thank you for your comment Steve I am glad you enjoyed your experience along Trail apart from your time in Hull. I will pass your comments over to our Hull officer to respond to regarding the signage issues you experienced.
Kind Regards
Hannah
Each year we have our adults only long distance ride. For almost 4 years one guy has asked for this route and as always it’s been shelved in favour of other routes. I’m an out and out roadie with little interest in trail riding. How wrong I’ve been. This route is up there with best of all we’ve previously done. It’s got everything you could want and more. If you’re wavering on wether or not to do this, take the plunge… You won’t regret it
I’ve read a couple of things on the web that give differing answers on the distance of the central transpennine trail (Chesterfield to Leeds). Would it be possible to clarify what the distance is (we’re trying to work out whether it is possible to complete the route over 2 days)?
Morning, I can confirm the central route is approximately 75 miles in total depending on which route you take.
If you require any further information please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Kind Regards
Hannah
Great to have this route across, but wish signing was more consistent. We had no problem on Yorkshire side with Selby to Bewdley and up to Dunford Bridge, but then found signing far less good on western side. Completely missed turn down to Woodhead from the rough moorland track so ended up on main road. On the road sections this side some of the simple lamppost sickers with NCN route numbers would help a lot as reassurance.
planning a trip in May cycling from Southport to Barnsley and then from Barnsley to Hornsea in July.
Can any one recommend any places to stay, bike friendly!! around Lymm in Cheshire and Selby in Yorkshire. thank you.
Had a good day today cycling from Widnes to Warrington and back with the kids aged 14, 11 and the toddler in the trailer. Just found a couple of places where we struggled to get our bike trailer through some gates and had to lift it over one of them. I was glad I wasn’t on my own with the kids.
I am planning to cover the tpt from Southport to Hornsea, the will be 3-5 people doing this hoping to complete in 3days covering 70-80 mile per day. Just wondering if anyone can give me any advise on places to stay. Thanks!!
Just planning a cycle route from southport to chesterfield,any info would be appreciated,ps is the trial easily followed as some locally seems to lose there way.plus how far is it? Thanks in advance.
Great website!
Looking forward to a long weekend 3-6 Oct 2014 to cycle Southport to Hornsea with Dr Brown. I’ll be on a re-purposed MTB with skinny tyres, and Fraser will be sporting his C’dale badboy…. both plus panniers – are tents a good idea in Oct?
Both probably wearing way too much hi-viz but avoiding the lycra look, and speaking Scottish! If you see us, say hello 🙂
Guy.
Went on the TPT met a ranger who showed me how to get fro Meadowhall to Sheffield then on to Sheffield airport then down towards Rother Vally Country park then up through Ully and on to Rotherham then back on to Meadowbank. Well tiring but a sence of achievement if it wasn’t for Ted i wouldn’t have found the route and been so shattered but going to do it again.
The riverside area between Spike Island, Widnes and Pickering’s Pasture has a massive series of wooden steps reaching up many metres and wheelchair users are warned that their lovely riverside journey must end. Can’t a campaign be started to get ramps built – maybe by volunteers who work in trade and use the route? It reaches up to a great height. I spoke to kids there who said it should be changed for wheelchair users but I suspect they might have liked biking or skateboarding down the ramps too.
Can the authorities not build a route and better access for wheelchair users but also build the kids their own activities ramp so as not to disturb wheelchair users as well? The view is good there and it seems a shame if they can see so much more of the TPT but not that section. If this has been mentioned before why is it still not sorted? If TPT organizers have a pot of money and have to choose where to make improvements I am nominating this spot as a place to be improved.
Thank you for your comment – we are now in the process of putting together a formal response.
Kind Regards
The Trans Pennine Trail Team
Me and my mate chris are going from southport to Hornsea the 1st week in July . Can’t wait ,
I cycled Warrington to Altrincham in August 2013. Glorious day. Crops being harvested. Well signed route and lots of early blackberries.
Nothing stops us! What a fantastic find this was. Me and 2 good friends have been trying to cover as much of the T.P.T as possible pushing my husband in his manual wheelchair. We can only do 7-8 miles at a time as he has M.S, is unable to walk and gets very uncomfortable, and of course due to family commitments and weather conditions we have sadly had to cancel some planned days. The fabulous days,laughs and experiences we have had could not be replaced! Up to now (Jan 2014) we have covered 160 miles West to East, and 41 miles on legs. Now for the tricky bit in the middle! Fingers crossed for the completion this year.
Many thanks to the Planners, Signers and Volunteers, we have had some amazing unforgettable memories! We have logs of all our walks if anyone needs information on terrain, facilities etc. from experienced pushers!!
That’s an uplifting story, Ruth. My wife and I wish you all the best in attempting the completion.