A fine place to take a break from driving and discover some dog walking magic, with a fine dog-friendly pub as well.
There are three signed routes within the park, all starting from the visitor centre and all are hilly. The view from the top is fabulous - and a great spot to blow away the travel cobwebs.
An interesting country park with a post-industrial atmosphere and good walking for dogs.
Dogs will definitely appreciate the 90 acre Memorial Park here, which is cut through by a number of trails including the Fred Perry Way and the Valley Way.
Haigh Hall Country Park is large, and there's plenty of space for dog walkers. It's very popular with families during the school holidays. You can also get to this park from the M6.
There's plenty of space here for a good long dog walk, either on the signed trails or just rambling around the 200 hectares of the park.
This is a wonderful dog walking park, and the wildness of the park surprises too, given that it lies so close to Manchester and in the middle of a tangle of different motorways.
Lovely wooded parkland surrounding the totally other-worldly Hall. The park is run by Stockport Council, and dogs can run free under the trees.
This Country Park is a much bigger space than it seems at first, and there is plenty of choice of dog-walking routes. The park is midway between Junctions 2 and 4.
Starts at Chorlton Water Park, along the River Mersey up to Trafford Water Park. Approx 4km each way.
With 600 acres of parkland, Heaton Park is a massively popular open space for Mancunians, and their dogs. You can get here easily from several M60 junctions, and also the M62.
There are 250 acres of parkland here, giving plenty of space to exercise the most demanding of dogs in this island of calm amidst the transport network.