Smedley Fields & Transport Museum

Starts at Trinity United Church Welcome Centre, Cheetham, M8 9LG

57 minutes | 1.9miles 3.0km | Easy

ID: 174.6 | Developed by: Robin Segulem | Checked by: Robin Segulem | www.walkingroutes.org

A pleasant circular walk through quiet suburban streets, including a museum and playing fields.

Starts at: Trinity United Church Welcome Centre 2 Greenhill Road, Cheetham, M8 9LG

Route instructions:

Route Developer: Cath Maffia

[1] Turn right out of the Centre into Greenhill Road. Take the second road on the right – Birkdale Street.
Walk along this road, across Esmond Road and then cross Shirley Road into Shaftesbury Road.

[2] The first road on your right is Alms Hill Road. Walk along this road and when you come to a new
housing development turn left into Appleton Street and then right into Cardinal Street.

[3] This will bring you to Smedley Lane, opposite a ruined church, of which only the tower with its spire
remains. Cross the road and turn left. Old gravestones can be seen through the railings, and the
churchyard is now a haven for wildlife.

[4] Turn right at the end of the church railings and walk along a footpath between the back of the church
and the playground of Temple Primary School. The footpath takes you to the Museum of Transport.

The Museum has one of Britain’s largest collections of restored trams, buses and coaches, and is open
on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and Bank Holidays, and every day during the school summer
holidays.

[5] Take the passageway at the back of the museum, between the museum building and the playground of
Temple Primary School, and follow this footpath along Sonning Walk, down three broad steps, then
straight ahead up three shallow steps, across the turning circles at the top of two short streets
(Hawkeshead and Lecester). Go straight ahead through a barrier and turn left at the end of the passage.

[6] Walk between concrete fences and down a slope to emerge on Smedley Lane. Turn right, cross the
road, and enter Smedley Fields through a gate in an ornate wrought iron fence.

[7] Walk straight ahead past a disused building and some blue containers, and across the grass behind
the football pitch, making for a children’s playground opposite. Leave the fields with the playground on
your right, onto Cardinal Street.

[8] Turn right along Cardinal Street, and follow this road as it winds gently downhill, past Shaftesbury and
Greenford Road, until you reach Woodlands Road opposite the metro line and Abraham Moss College.

[9] Turn left and walk gently uphill for about 10 minutes until you reach the traffic lights, and then turn left
into Greenhill Road back to the Centre.

Acknowledgements:

Developed by: Robin Segulem

Checked by: Robin Segulem

Filed under: Manchester Walking Routes
Tagged: Easy, Manchester, Museum of Transport, Ramblers, Smedley Fields, walk, Walking
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