The winter walk along Greater Manchester’s newest trail with waterfalls, moorland and a pub

Covering a distance of 300km, the GM Ringway is Greater Manchester’s newest walking trail, which takes you through all 10 boroughs. Along the way it passes through woodland, runs beside canals and snakes around reservoirs.

As well as gorgeous countryside, the route also takes in more than 40 Grade I and II*-listed buildings, such as Stockport’s Bramall Hall, 13 accredited museums and 14 scheduled ancient monuments, including Blackstone Edge Roman Road in Rochdale. The GM Ringway is divided into four broad sections: the Southern Start-Up, the Exhilarating East, the Noble North and the Western Wind-Down. Each section is then split up into five one-day stages.

Many of the routes offer easy access with step-free and hard-surfaced paths. The different sections can be accessed via public transport, too. To make it even easier, GM Ringway has collaborated with the free app Go Jauntly, which guides you through all 20 stages of the trail using pictures and route maps.

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If you want to try out a section of the GM Ringway and fancy a challenge - but aren't sure which route to choose - then give stage 11 of Noble North a go. The 12.3 mile-long route from Littleborough to Norden takes in canals, reservoirs and waterfalls, with a tea room along the way and a pub at the end. And if it sounds a bit too long, there’s always the option of selecting a shorter section instead.

The route begins at Littleborough train station and from here it picks up the Rochdale Canal heading north. After passing Greenvale Business Park it bears west, leaving the canal towpath and crossing the railway line.

From here the route continues westwards, passing through moorland to Watergrove