This Stockport Community Cycling Club Mini Halls Route was a shorter version of one of our regular club rides – the longer Halls Route can be found here.

Jim was leading the cycle ride and Sarah was the back-leader. Theoretically, I had a day when I could just ride, though I helped out with corners.

It was a cool Saturday morning when we met at Vernon Park.

After leaving the car park at the start we followed the track around the side of Pear Mill.

Soon, we joined NCN Route 55 and followed the path towards Bredbury.

Indeed, the first hall of the day we passed was Bredbury Hall. Recently it has been used as a hotel, though at the moment it is closed.

From here, we followed the path along a section of Goyt Valley.

This took us past Goyt Hall. This is in use as a farm.

At the far end of the path  is Bredbury Hydro.

Soon, we turned into Bongs Road.

At the end of which was a short sharp climb.

The next hall we passed on our route was Offerton Hall.

From here we cycled through Offerton.

Then on towards Hazel Grove.

From Hazel Grove we cut through Woodsmoor and on to Bramhall, home of Bramhall Hall. We didn’t pass directly by the hall, just nearby.

Then on through Cheadle Hulme.

Along the way we cycled through Brookfield Park.

A little further on we reached Bruntwood Park.

At Bruntwood Park we took a break …

… while overlooking our next hall, Bruntwood Hall, which is now also a hotel.

After lunch we cycled on towards Cheadle.

Here we passed a ‘fake’ hall, Cheadle Drill Hall.

Before passing a real one, Abney Hall. This is now a business centre.

From Abney Hall, we headed around the M60 roundabout and then cycled through Cheadle Heath.

Heading towards the town centre, we joined NCN Route 62, the Trans Pennine Trail.

After cycling under the viaduct, we cycled past the front of Mersyway.

The last hall we passed on the day was Underbank Hall, now a bank.

Of course, there is always another hall. When we finally we arrived back at Vernon Park we were near to another one. For at the top of this park is another park, Woodbank Park, and in this is Woodbank Hall, recently the home of Stockport Museum.

Once again this had been another interesting cycle ride. Stockport has a lot of history, and passing the halls took us past parts of that history. Cycling can do that for you.

You can view our Mini Halls route below: