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Course Status
- Last checked August 2026. Everything OK except post N is broken and leaning against a tree.
- NB. You may find a coffee and cakes van in the car park.
- NB. post U has been pulled out of brambles and re-sited along the big path. Get a new map !!
- NB. post J has been moved out of brambles to the nearby log.
- NB. controls W, V, N were re-sited in 2019 to avoid oncoming vegetation – W is now a plaque on a nearby bench, V has been moved SE 40m or so, N has been moved up onto the embankment. Make sure you get the latest map !
- Brambles are continuing to expand everywhere.
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Orienteering map details
- A4 Portrait, Scale 1:3000. Last updated August 2024.
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Start/Finish
- The Start/Finish post is just through the gate out of the North end of the car park.

Map detail showing Dukes Drive car park and Start/Finish

Dukes Drive Start post, next to the log
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How to get a map
Dukes Drive, Monton waterproof print£1.25
Dukes Drive, Monton PDF£1.25
- Or buy any map from Get a Map
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Park Facilities
- K Car Park – which may have a mobile cafe
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Directions
- From the South, leave the M60 at Jn 11 and follow the A57 East towards Eccles. Turn left onto Green Lane (B5231) and continue to Monton Green. The car park is left at the roundabout and immediately right.
- From the North, leave the M60 at Jn 13 and follow the B5211 South to Winton and then turn left onto Parrin Lane (B5229) and continue to Monton Green. The car park is on the left just before the roundabout.
- OS Grid Reference: SJ 763 996, Nearest Post Code: M30 8AN
- Public transport options
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Other useful information
- Park contact: email rangers@salford.gov.uk or tel. 0161 793 4219
- Salford City Council website for Dukes Drive
- Fascinating site all about the Bridgewater Canal
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Course Maintenance
- Maintained by GMOA, supported by Salford CC.
- Postwatchers, please click here to submit your report.


