Discovering nature through our green and blue spaces is what CyanLines is all about. Our aim is for over 100 miles of routes across Manchester and Salford and stretching right out across Greater Manchester. Mapping is being carried out right now to identify the full network, but the project partners have already established a series of pilot ‘loops’ that are ready to be explored right now.
The Irk Valley explorer
Victoria Station & NOMA to Queens Park
From marina to new city park
Mayfield, New Islington & Ancoats Loop
Walking the knowledge corridor
St Peter’s Square to Whitworth Park
Romans, rivers and a park in the sky
Irwell & Castlefield Loop
Explore the Cyan Lines
The pilot routes connect well known places such as Mayfield, New Islington Marina Park, Castlefield Viaduct, the Canal Basin, Symphony Park, Kampus and Ancoats Green with lesser known pocket parks, canal tow paths and pedestrianised walkways and take in planned spaces such as the Science Museum courtyard, the former Central Retail Park, Victoria North, Holt Town and the Medieval Quarter to name a few.
The ambition for CyanLines does not stop at Manchester and Salford city centres. It will ultimately link up all Greater Manchester’s boroughs to bring our citizens and communities closer to nature and help drive a greener, healthier, and inclusive future. From Dunham Massey in the south, to Northern Roots in Oldham; from Leigh via RHS Bridgewater, Media City on to the foot of the Pennines.
“The first four CyanLines provide so much more than walkable and wheelable connections linking the existing and planned excellent green and blue spaces across the city, to bring us all closer to nature and nature closer to us. The routes will be the starting point, or spring board, for a whole plethora of CyanLines projects which will bring new opportunities for nature to thrive and to be enjoyed.”
Pete Swift, CyanLines project co-founder and CEO of Planit
komoot
The CyanLines team has worked with komoot, adding the four initial routes to create the first Manchester Collection on the platform which, with over 40 million users, is the world’s leading outdoor activity app.
Get involved
Let us know if you’ve got ideas for future CyanLines by getting in touch with us via the contact form here on the website, or via our social channels.
Did you know…
Get fit? Go green. ‘Green exercise’ in green or natural environments is more beneficial than other types of exercise. For example, running in a park is associated with a more restorative experience when compared to the same exercise in another urban environment.