Shadows down High Bank

The steep footpath leading from St Peter's down the side of High Bank to the Underbank.

At the top is the bridge from St Petersgate going over Chestergate to the car parks on the roof of the Merseyway Shopping Centre.

A contribution to Shadow Shot Sunday.

High Bank Side Path

The footpath leading from Chestergate under the High Bankside retaining wall towards St Petersgate and St Mary's church.

View the original photograph from which this was created on Geograph.

A contribution to Good Fences and The Weekend in Black and White.

Photo of the Year: Rostron Brow

Rostron Brow leads from Lower Hillgate up to St Mary's Parish Church.

I have chosen this as my Photo of the Year 2014 - see what other City Daily Photobloggers chose for their Photo of the Year by visiting JANUARY 2015 GALLERY - PHOTO OF THE YEAR.

N is for NatWest Bank and National Cycle Network

This is Great Underbank. In the background is Underbank Hall, now the NatWest bank. In the foreground are two benches either side of a lamppost and a litter bin. Behind them in front of a wall and next to two Sheffield stands is a National Cycle Network Milepost.

Underbank Hall was the Elizabethan town house of the Arderne family of Bredbury. The original house must have been larger as an inventory of 1619 lists more rooms than survive today. The hall was sold for 3,000 guineas in September 1823 to the banking firm of Christy Lloyd & Co which became the Stockport and East Cheshire Bank in the following year. In 1829, the Stockport and Cheshire Bank became part of the Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company. By 1880 this bank had 54 branches, in Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire. The bank changed its name to the District Bank in 1924 and in 1962 was acquired by the National Provincial Bank. Then in 1970 this bank merged with the Westminster Bank to form the National Westminster Bank, which is now known simply as NatWest.

1000 Millennium cast iron mileposts were funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the creation of the National Cycle Network, and are found along the cycles routes through the UK.

This recently erected milepost is on the National Cycleway Network Route #62 and Trans Pennine Trail, 20 miles from Lymm and 10 from Broadbottom. This one is of the Cockerel design and apart from having a red top is so far unpainted.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

F is for Fred Perry

The Fred Perry Way is a 14 mile walking route starting here at North Reddish Park.

  © Copyright Keith Williamson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Its southern end is here at Woodford.

The route which was officially opened in 2002 combines rural footpaths, quiet lanes and river valleys with urban landscapes and parklands as here in Vernon Park.

Fred Perry was born at this house in Portwood in 1909.

He won the men's singles in 1934, 1935 and 1936 and was the last English men's tennis player to win Wimbledon. He was also a member of Britain's winning Davis Cup team from 1933 to 1936. and was made a freeman of Stockport in 1934.

More information can be found on the Stockport MBC website.

A contribution to
Our World Tuesday
ABC Wednesday;
signs, signs.
Good Fences.

Footpath to Rose Street

Leading off Penny Lane up to Rose Street, South Reddish.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Scenic Weekends.

Something is happening in Lord Street

I posted views of the pedstrianised portion of Lord Street in November 2013.

I'm not sure what is happening there now but this is how it looked last Wednesday.

A contribution to Monday Mellow Yellows.

Footpath signs below the motorway

Short and long distance footpaths, including the Fred Perry Way and the Trans Pennine Way, come together in the Knightsbridge area where the river Goyt meets the river Tame to create the river Mersey.

Traffic on the M60 motorway thunders by oblivious of the rivers and walkers below.

A contribution to signs, signs.

Steps to Stonemill Terrace

From Penny Lane Fields.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Tiviot Way Bridge

This modern bridge takes Tiviot Way, the A626 Heaton Chapel to Dinting Junction road, over Penny Lane.

Penny Lane is cut off for through traffic just below the bridge to prevent it being used as a rat-run for drivers trying to avoid the main road from Reddish to Lancashire Hill.

A full account of the route of the A626 is on the Sabre website.

A contribution to Sunday Bridges at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

Climbing Rostron Brow

Rostron Brow leads from Lower Hillgate up to St Mary's Parish Church.

A contribution to Our World Tuesday.

Pegasus crossing Lancashire Hill

Next to the pedestrian crossing on Lancashire Hill there is a light controlled crossing specifically for horses. A section of the Trans Pennine Trail crosses the B6167 just above Nicholson Street. This type of crossing is known as a Pegasus crossing

A contribution to Our World Tuesday.

Dodge Hill

Dodge Hill was formerly Old Road. It still has much of its 16th century cobbled carriageway. It was part of the major north-south route for stage coaches through Stockport, prior to the opening of the Lancashire Hill turnpike road in 1794.

Now it is the centre of a conservation area.

For the letter D at ABC Wednesday.

Coopers Brow

Looking over Coopers Brow from High Street into Lower Hillgate to which it is connected via Coopers Brow which takes a zig-zag dogleg route around the fenced walls.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday and Friday Fences.

The climb from Chestergate to St Peter's Square

I recently posted Fences above Chestergate showing the steep path up High Bank.

This view from 2009 was taken halfway along. Note how the older-style cobbles at the sides have been replaced in the middle by flat stones. This makes it a much more comfortable journey for anyone in a wheelchair.

A contribution to Shadow Shot Sunday.

U is for Underpass

A look through one of the underpasses at Portwood roundabout. Several footpath and cycleways cross under the roads. Between two of them is a "Help point". I'm not sure whether its presence is re-assuring or actually alarming. I certainly wouldn't venture there after dark.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

Reflections in the Mill Race

At Etherow Country Park, Compstall.

For The Weekend in Black and White
Weekend Reflections and
Scenic Weekends.

The Trans Pennine Trail between fences at Heaton Norris

The Trans Pennine Trail is a multi-user route across the North of England from Southport to Hornsea. It is also part of the E8 European Long Distance Walking Route from Kerry (Repulic of Ireland) to the Polish/Ukraine border.

This is part of the section through Heaton Norris. Over the fence on the right is the busy M60 motorway; left is Craig Road Playing Fields and the Brighton Road Industrial Estate.

A contribution to Friday Fences.