Cycling in Manchester

The Trans Pennine Trail is a national coast-to-coast route providing a largely traffic free route for walking and cycling with many sections available for horse riders. Much of it suitable for families and people with disabilities.

The length of the route is 213 miles (344km) running from Southport to Hornsea. While there are people who walk or ride the whole length, most users are local and make shorter journeys. The trail provides a safer route to access recreational areas and, as it passes through or near many Manchester district centres, offers a healthier travel option.

Within Manchester the Trans Pennine Trail for cyclists follows the Mersey Valley between Sale Water Park and Princess Parkway, and has been designated and signed for horse riding and cyclists. The route leaves the Mersey at Princess Road then follows the M60 to Palatine Road where it rejoins the River Mersey. The route follows Ford Lane into Didsbury and then follows a diversion (due to the construction of a new Metrolink Line) along William Street then onto School Lane. Continuing along School Lane, the route then crosses Parrs Wood Road, Kingsway and on to Queensway and Burnage Lane, where the diversion ends and the route rejoins the Trans Pennine Trail and crosses into Stockport.

Leaflets

Trans Pennine Trail (National Cycle Route 62)

For further information on the Trans Pennine Trail contact:

transpenninetrail@barnsley.gov.uk