The Pheasant Inn – View from Rawhead loop from Burwardsley

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The Pheasant Inn – View from Rawhead loop from Burwardsley

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The Pheasant Inn – View from Rawhead loop from Burwardsley

03:16

11.6km

250m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a short out-and-back section

Your route doubles back at a waypoint. If this isn’t intentional, adjust the waypoint’s position.

After 839 m for 62 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

869 m

The Pheasant Inn

Highlight • Cafe

Very nice watering hole about halfway round.

Tip by

2.77 km

Bulkeley Hill Narrow Gauge Railway Track

Highlight • Trail

A very steep climb !!

Tip by

6.36 km

Raw Head

Highlight • Summit

Raw Head 227.1m P148 (745ft)
(DoBIH Hill ID: 2828) [JNSA 16918]

Tip by

6.39 km

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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6.78 km

Rawhead viewpoint

Viewpoint

8.53 km

View of the Cheshire countryside from Bulkeley Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Bulkeley Hill is part of the Peckforton hill range and has an atmospheric woodland along its summit. When the forest breaks, you are afforded spellbinding views over the landscape below. …

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11.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.49 km

3.16 km

3.08 km

833 m

Surfaces

5.51 km

2.52 km

2.02 km

833 m

689 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

Weather

Today

Tuesday 27 October

16°C

8°C

27 %

Additional weather tips

Expect light wind and shifting conditions.

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Comments

June 18, 2026,Alan's GoTo - walk from The Pheasant at Burwardsley

Alan's GoTo walk. Quite a bit more overgrown than the last time we did it. Amazingly clear in the distance. Had the Police helicopter fly low over us - but i was too slow to get a photo!!