View from Rawhead – View from Bickerton Hill loop from Peckforton

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View from Rawhead – View from Bickerton Hill loop from Peckforton

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View from Rawhead – View from Bickerton Hill loop from Peckforton

02:58

26.3km

500m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 3, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.42 km

Rawhead viewpoint

Viewpoint

2.80 km

View from Rawhead

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At 716 feet (227 m) Rawhead is the highest point on the Sandstone Trail and affords some wonderful views over Cheshire. A little further down the trail, you reach a cave known as Bloody Bones, which you can peek inside.

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5.79 km

View from Bickerton Hill

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Bickerton Hill is a rugged lowland heath with superb views. The area has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Site of Biological Importance due to …

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5.85 km

Maiden Castle Iron Age Hillfort

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This stunning section takes you over Bickerton Hill, past the Iron Age hillfort of Maiden Castle, and over Larkton Hill. You are afforded breathtaking views that stretch as far as …

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7.21 km

Maiden Castle Ramparts

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Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort constructed around 600 BC. The fort would have been used as an important line of defence until the Roman conquest in the …

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13.9 km

The Pheasant Inn

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Very nice watering hole about halfway round.

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17.8 km

Beeston Castle

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Beeston Castle is a magnificent 11th-century former stronghold that once belonged to Henry III. Built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, the castle was partly destroyed under Cromwell in …

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19.6 km