Caldon Canal Towpath – Milton – Hazlehurst Aqueduct loop from Cheddleton

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Staffordshire Moorlands

Cheddleton

Caldon Canal Towpath – Milton – Hazlehurst Aqueduct loop from Cheddleton

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Caldon Canal Towpath – Milton – Hazlehurst Aqueduct loop from Cheddleton

01:27

22.8km

240m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 7, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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10.9 km

Caldon Canal Towpath – Milton

Highlight • River

Tow path heaven all the way

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11.9 km

Caldon Canal Towpath

Highlight • Trail

The beautiful Caldon Canal towpath runs 18 miles rom Stoke-on-Trent to picturesque Staffordshire and the Churnet Valley. Enjoy scenes of canal locks, old stone bridges, and wooded valleys.

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18.4 km

Caldon Canal

Highlight • Cycleway

Good spot

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18.4 km

Hazelhurst Junction

Highlight • Bridge

Mixed surfaces around here

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18.5 km

Hazlehurst Locks

Highlight • Bridge

Where the Cauldon Canal meets the Leek branch.

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19.2 km

Hazlehurst Aqueduct

Highlight • Historical Site

Leek branch going over the top of the Cauldon Canal

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21.9 km

The Old Dock House

Highlight • Religious Site

A small building which has the distinction of being the first place used by the Methodists for Sunday Services in Cheddleton.

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22.1 km

St Edward the Confessor Church, Cheddleton

Highlight • Religious Site

Edward the Confessor church is a Grade II* listed building and dates back to the 13th century. (visit link)

The church at is dedicated to St. Edward the Confessor. The earliest church here was built in the last decade of the twelfth century. Much of the existing building dates from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries with the tower and porch being completed in the late sixteenth century. Major restorations were undertaken in the 1770s and particularly in the 1860s. It is particularly noted for its fine stained glass windows by William Morris and Edward Burne Jones.

St Edward's was formerly a chapel-of-ease for St. Edward's at Leek but became a parish church in 1450.
The church is in the Diocese of Lichfield and is now part of the United Benefice of St Edward's Cheddleton, St. Michael's Horton, St. Chad's Longsdon and St. Lawrence Rushton Spencer.

The churchyard surrounds the church and has been extended to the rear for newer graves. Sir Thomas Wardle (1831–1909), who owned a dyeworks in Leek and was a friend of the architect George Gilbert Scott, Jr. and the artist William Morris, is buried in the churchyard.

There is also a cross in the churchyard that is an ancient monument. The base is medieval; the upper part is by George Gilbert Scott Jr. and features Instruments of the Passion designed by William Morris.

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22.8 km

End point

Bus stop

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