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Irlam Station Café – New Moss Wood loop from Irlam

Moderate

4.4

(5)

14

hikers

Irlam Station Café – New Moss Wood loop from Irlam

03:33

14.1km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 18, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1

83 m

Irlam Station Café

Highlight • Cafe

Excellent place to stop for a while. Very accommodating towards cyclists and enormous scones

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2

1.84 km

New Moss Wood

Highlight • Forest

Car park right next to the trail which is ideal to let the dogs off their leads

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3

3.65 km

Little Woolden Moss

Highlight • Lake

4

3.84 km

5

4.10 km

one of the few peat moss' left in Manchester full of wildlife.

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6

4.30 km

Cadishead & Little Woolden Moss is a once-exploited peat bog that’s starting to be reclaimed by nature, thanks to staff and volunteers at Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Peat extraction in the …

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4.84 km

Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss National Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

8

9.05 km

Little Woolden Hall

Highlight • Other

9

11.4 km

Cadishead Railway Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The glazebrook trail/Salford trail
I believe you can get to Pennington flash?

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14.1 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.63 km

3.05 km

2.65 km

1.96 km

1.78 km

Surfaces

3.90 km

2.94 km

2.32 km

1.82 km

1.61 km

1.48 km

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Friday 22 May

22°C

11°C

13 %

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