Hidden gems - Hiking areas in Manchester, United Kingdom not to miss (Updated February, 2024)

Hidden gems: Hiking areas in Manchester

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Manchester. This list contains 46 places from Hiking area category.

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Thornhill View Bed & Breakfast

Bed & breakfast

Unfussy rooms in a rural guesthouse offering free breakfast, plus a garden & beach bikes.

5.00 (29 reviews) (~38.81 km from centre)

Cribden Hill

Hiking area

👍👍 Really interesting place to walk. Hard underfoot and boggy in some areas but well worth the effort for the view at the top. Not far from Ski Rossendale and the Halo

5.00 (6 reviews) (~26.2 km from centre)

Dark Peak Estate

Scenic spot

$$ $$

5.00 (5 reviews) (~31.47 km from centre)

Paul Rey, View Point

Hiking area

👍👍 What a beautiful view, a wonderful spot to stop by to have your cup of coffee/tea and enjoy the view on the way through Peak District. Plus, there are some benches to sit as well.

4.90 (115 reviews) (~42.91 km from centre)

The Trinnacle

Hiking area

👍👍 Completed the main 5 hour walk and it was amazing. Challenging in some spots but kept it exciting. Would recommend to anyone interested in walking. Can't wait to go back again. Lots of parking and toilets at the bottom. We did find that when we arrived back at the car park around 2pm it was very bus...

4.90 (101 reviews) (~20.92 km from centre)

Kinder Low, Trig Point

Hiking area

👍👍 I climbed this peak over the weekend starting from Hayfield. Whilst it is a relatively small mountain it is still nevertheless a challenging climb. We climbed via a reservoir that was close to empty which is quite worrying especially since there is no rain in the long term forecast. Climbing moun...

4.90 (85 reviews) (~26.42 km from centre)

Nessit Hill

Hiking area

👍👍 Various routes to get up to nessit Hill. As always we chose the hard route through gravel and up hills. Steep climb up. But we'll worth it. The view at the top is amazing and you can see as far as Manchester on a clear day. 3 benches to rest on once you get to the top and there are easier routes...

4.90 (19 reviews) (~30.26 km from centre)

Beresford Dale

Hiking area

👍👍 Great walk Nice paths Not busy at all Great sceneries

4.90 (16 reviews) (~48.74 km from centre)

Salt Line And Wheelock Rail Trail

Hiking area

👍👍 A beautiful walk

4.90 (10 reviews) (~40.36 km from centre)

Great Hill Summit Rest Area

Hiking area

👍 Lovely place. Feels v remote but V easy to get to ( from sefton , Merseyside area) So quiet after 3 A few hrs before sunset Very well maintained stone paths( if you don’t stray off them! )

4.80 (96 reviews) (~28.4 km from centre)

Redmires Reservoir

Hiking area

👍👍 There are 3 Redmire reservoirs. Lower, middle and upper. The upper reservoir is at an 350m asl. There is some parking here. From the reservoir paths go in all directions. It is a great walking area that is located a km or two from nearest peaks. A good place to start a walk for great scenery. Most d...

4.80 (64 reviews) (~43.45 km from centre)

Hameldon Hill

Hiking area

👍👍 Took the chance to take a hike with the fine weather for a Sunday in February. Stunning scenery from the hill of Burnley, Padiham, Hapton, all round and beyond. The dog loved it too! Now to soak the old feet!

4.80 (60 reviews) (~31.11 km from centre)

Chrome Hill

Hiking area

👍👍 Stunning walk around Hollins Hill and over Chrome Hill. Beautiful place to catch a sunset.

4.80 (50 reviews) (~38.54 km from centre)

Turton and Entwistle Reservoir

Hiking area

Dogs allowed

4.80 (30 reviews) (~22.4 km from centre)

Goyt Valley Place of Natural Beauty

Hiking area

👍👍 Forgot how beautiful it was round there

4.80 (28 reviews) (~12.05 km from centre)

Bronte Adventures In Haworth

Tourist information center

4.80 (22 reviews) (~42.52 km from centre)

Rooley Moor

Hiking area

👍👍 You can certainly spend a good few hours roaming around this area! Like many other people, lockdown has meant exploring local areas and in my case, meant discovering Rooley Moor for the first time, so I combined my newly acquired interest into photography with lockdown walking. It's an area of histo...

4.80 (20 reviews) (~19.55 km from centre)

Ponden Kirk & Fairy Cave

Historical landmark

👍👍 Don't do what I did and scramble up the sheer brambly cliff face. There's a path to the top that you can find if you take the steep stairs back up the brook towards the moor. The path is on your right from that direction and is much, much easier and takes your right to the fairy cave. Make sure you'...

4.80 (20 reviews) (~40.86 km from centre)

Fairbrook Naze

Hiking area

👍👍 You can walk directly up from A57 snake pass to Fairbrook Naze but it is a steep climb. There are other footpaths that takes you up to the Fairbrook Naze. This eastern Kinder Scout is not popular for hikers as Kinder Downfall. The rock formation of this north side Kinder Scout is spectacular an...

4.80 (17 reviews) (~27.07 km from centre)

Cowpe Lowe Trigpoint

Hiking area

👍👍 Worth paying this Trig a visit if you're walking the Cowpe Lowe section of the Rossendale Way. Superb views of the Rossendale Valley and surrounding moorland.

4.80 (14 reviews) (~22.56 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: Hiking areas in Manchester, United Kingdom