A picture of Disley Station — Start your walk at Disley Station | © Victoria Baker

Cheshire & Greater Manchester

A walk from Disley Train Station to Lyme

Lyme is easy to visit by train. Take this step free walk from the train station through the picturesque village of Disley to Lyme's entrance.

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Total steps: 6

Start point

Disley train station, Buxton Road West, Disley, SK12 2AE

Step 1

Arriving from the Buxton direction, follow the painted footpath that runs up the station approach road. At the top of station approach the road meets the A6 and there is a brick bus stop on the right. Arriving from the Manchester direction, follow the sloping path at the side of the platform that takes you up to the A6, turn right at the top of the slope and follow the pavement along the side of the A6 until you reach a brick bus stop on your right.

A sloping path up a hill with a railway bridge to the right hand side — Follow the sloping path at the side of the platform that takes you up to the A6 and turn right. | © Victoria Baker

Step 2

With the brick bus stop on your right, continue along the A6 pavement, past the War Memorial and Ram’s Head pub on your right and follow the pavement round to the right and onto Buxton Old Road.

A picture of a road crossing with a green pub to the right. — Continue past the War Memorial and Ram’s Head pub on your right and follow the pavement round to the right and onto Buxton Old Road. | © Victoria Baker

Step 3

Cross over the entrance road to the Ram’s Head car park and turn immediately right onto Red Lane. As the road climbs gently, follow it round to the right, passing the gates to St. Mary’s Parish Church on your left.

Look out for St. Mary's Parish Church

Look to your left up the hill to catch a glimpse of St. Mary’s Church tower. The original church was built as a Chantry Chapel for Sir Piers Legh V. Building began in 1510 and was completed by 1524. It was consecrated as a Parochial Church in 1558. The church was extensively rebuilt in the early nineteenth century during Thomas Legh's ownership of Lyme. The interior includes memorials to members of the Legh family of Lyme including Thomas Legh who died in 1857 and William John Legh, 1st Baron Newton, who died in 1898. There is a floor memorial to Joseph Watson, the park keeper at Lyme for more than 64 years, who died in 1753 at the age of 104. Much of the stained glass that now resides in the Drawing Room at Lyme originally came from St. Mary’s.

A church tower surrounded by trees and bushes — Look to your left up the hill to catch a glimpse of St. Mary’s Church tower. | © Victoria Baker

Step 4

Continue up Red Lane as it gets gradually steeper and bare left at the summit, continuing to follow Red Lane. The road continues to climb towards a junction signposted with a Private Street sign denoting that there is no vehicular access to Lyme Park.

A tarmacked road with a steep incline lined with trees either side — The road starts to get steeper here, continue up Red Lane for views of The Cage | © Victoria Baker

Step 5

At the junction, keep right and continue to follow Red Lane. Continue along Red Lane as it starts to descend towards Lyme Park.

A long winding lane with rows of trees either side — Continue along Red Lane | © Victoria Baker

Step 6

At the bottom of Red Lane, you will reach the grade II listed gate pillars (piers) at the entrance to Lyme. Using the pedestrian gate, enter the parkland. At this point you can choose to take the minibus from the admissions hut to the house or enjoy a walk over Cage Hill – just follow the waymarked route to your left.

A picture of the grade-II listed gate pillars at the entrance to Lyme. A gate connects two tall grey stone pillars crowned with a carved stone urn. — You're nearly there - pass through these grade-II listed pillars to reach Lyme's admission hut | © Victoria Baker

End point

The admissions hut at Lyme, Disley, SK12 2NR

Trail map

A map showing the way from Disley Station to Lyme — Use this map to guide you from Disley Station to Lyme | © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey

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A walk from Disley Train Station to Lyme

Total steps: 6