City walk Manchester west from M60 Peel Green to Oxford Rd
Today I walked from the M60 roundabout Peel Green to Oxford Road
I had dropped our Skoda Roomster off at Claybank Motors and had originally intended to walk to the Trafford Centre and back. But the car wouldn’t be ready till later in the afternoon, and I needed to pick up my daughter Adele from school, so I decided to continue walking.
After stopping off at the Lowry shopping centre Salford Quays for lunch, I made it as far as Oxford Road and Grosvenor Street before hopping on a 197 bus to the school, St Joseph’s on Plymouth Grove.
Total distance was about 8 miles. The weather was overcast, I didn’t take any photos.
Highlights and points of call included:
Barton road bridge and swing bridge
Venus Trinity statue
Apple store in the Trafford Centre
Guinness Road Trafford Park
Imperial War Museum exterior with tank
The Lowry shopping centre for curry lunch
Salford Quays former Docks
Trafford Road Bridge
Stretford Road
Hulme Arch
Grosvenor Street and Oxford Road
I left Claybank Motor Company at around 10.40 and arrived at Oxford Road around 2.50. I found the walk pretty easy.
To get back to Peel Green, we travelled on the 192 Magic Bus (Stagecoach) to Piccadilly – adult and child £1.90*, walked to Shudehill Transport Interchange and took the 67 (FirstBus), cost £3.20. So the journey cost £5, in my opinion, too expensive.
I’m planning more walks from the M60 to central Manchester – the next one Stockport to Victoria Park, (Manchester South). I find walking in the city more interesting than on the moors and less monotonous than on a treadmill in a health club!
Weather: Mostly overcast. 10 degrees celsius / c50 degrees fahrenheit.
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