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Marple Aqueduct – Marple Locks loop from Marple

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Marple Aqueduct – Marple Locks loop from Marple

Moderate

4.6

(25)

147

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Marple Aqueduct – Marple Locks loop from Marple

02:08

7.85km

110m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

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1.24 km

Site of Marple Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

Agatha Christie was inspired to name her famous detective Miss Marple after attending the 1929 contents sale at the hall.
In 1954, some of the stained and painted glass from the hall's entrance hall was saved and moved to the Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Bunbury, Cheshire.
The site is now a grassy area, with a plaque and the original 1658 lintel stone, though both have been subject to vandalism.

marple.website/local-history/marple-hall.html

thepeculiarpath.co.uk/2025/05/06/the-ghosts-of-marple-hall-legends-and-lore

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2.29 km

Chadkirk Bridge

Highlight • River

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2.81 km

Cloaked Figure statue at Chadkirk Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

chadkirkchapel.org/historic-chadkirk-chapel/history

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2.82 km

St Chad's Well

Highlight • Natural Monument

A picturesque well near the chapel – its walls built of rubble stone, covered with moss and ferns – bears the name of St Chad’s Well, or the Holy Well, and is traditionally said to have been the scene of miraculous cures.

it is first named in 1872 on the first Ordnance Survey. A stone found in a garden nearby at Romiley is mentioned on the information display board at the well is linked to the ancient British head cult, it shows three heads and its tentatively linked to the well…
The well house was probably built around 18th -19th century and is built of sandstone blocks having a doorway with a flat lintel where there is evidence of both inner and outer door. It was probably roofed protecting it. Three steps step down into a rectangular well chamber, with a chamber measuring 1.8m x 1.6m. The wells seem to have been repaired or renovated several times in the past.
Every year since 1998 at the end of July a well dressing of the Derbyshire style has been produced.

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4.58 km