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Spiral ramp at Stockport Interchange

Stretford to Stockport on the Mersey River Path and Fallowfield Loop

Dom Cycling

While I’ve covered many cycle routes abroad and a few around the UK, I’ve been meaning to do the same for the rides I do locally around Manchester.

So, Inspired by Laura Laker’s fantastic book Potholes and Pavements: A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network, here’s the first in what may become a series, featuring sections of the UK’s National Cycle Network.

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20 signs, but no sign of drivers sticking to the speed limit

Speeding, pavement parking and rat running, just a typical Manchester street

Dom Cycling

In many ways, Darley Avenue in Chorlton-cum-Hardy is your typical Manchester street. It consists of mostly decent quality, semi-detached, inter-war social housing with a good amount of outside space. There’s been some recent new development on the site of an old school, consisting of smaller houses with less outdoor space. There is also a primary school, Barlow Hall Primary School, next to the new development.

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