The Manchester Green Trail is a walking circuit made up of 15 routes which circumnavigate the city of Manchester and connect the city’s many beautiful parks, green spaces, waterways and tree lined streets. The Green Trail is a partnership project between The Ramblers, Manchester City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester Active.
The aim of the Green Trail is to create a high-quality walking route across the City of Manchester via its parks and open spaces that will:
- increase usage of the parks, woodlands and open spaces which will make them livelier and as a consequence safer, sustainable and more inviting places for people to visit.
- encourage healthier lifestyles and reduce car usage by promoting walking routes that are accessible to everyone
This overview leaflet shows the whole of the trail, click for more details of the route. There are also 15 separate leaflets describing each of the 15 stages of the Manchester Green Trail. All are downloadable as PDFs from this page.
1 Chapel Street Park to Delamere Park
2 Delamere Park to Central Park Metrolink
3 Central Park Metrolink to Boggart Hole Clough
4 Boggart Hole Clough to Heaton Park Metrolink
5 Heaton Park Metrolink to Queens Park
6 Queens Park to Mayfield Park and Ardwick Green
7 Ardwick Green to Whitworth Park
8 Whitworth Park to Alexandra Park Café
9 Alexandra Park Café to Chorlton Bus Station
10 Chorlton Bus Station to Southern Cemetery
11 Barlow Moor Road to Martinscroft Metrolink
12 Martinscroft Metrolink to Peel Hall Metrolink
13 Peel Hall Metrolink to Northenden Riverside Park
14 Northenden Riverside Park to Fletcher Moss Park
15 Fletcher Moss Park to Chapel Street Park
Diversions and path updates
There is currently a diversion in place on walk 11, for more details please folllow this link.
The Manchester Green Trail: want to know more?
To accompany the route description maps Peter Spence has kindly produced a set of notes on background history and points of interest on the route. These can be downloaded here.
How to get there
All the walks on The Manchester Green Trail are designed to be accessed by public transport. For details, see each individual trail leaflet.
Visit beenetwork.com for your journey planner and for information on all types of travel in Greater Manchester.
Although Chapel Street Park, Levenshulme, is given as the starting point for the whole Green Trail, you can walk each of the trails individually or connect several for a longer walk.
As all the stages are interlinked, each walk is linear, so bear this in mind when planning your walk and its duration.
Facilities
Regarding toilets, the overview of each park on the Manchester City Council website indicates whether these are available. Note, however, that these details may change and opening hours may vary significantly. Otherwise, toilets are generally available in libraries (check here for your nearest library and its opening times). In addition, supermarkets, cafes and pubs along the route are likely to have facilities for customers.
For further information on walking in Manchester, including accessing training and developing your own walking activity, see www.mcractive.com/walking