Editing River Goyt (section)

==Course==
The Goyt [[source (river)|rises]] on the moors of [[Axe Edge]], near the [[River Dane]] and the [[Cat and Fiddle Inn]]. The area is known as the [[Upper Goyt Valley]]. The old [[Cat and Fiddle Road]] from [[Buxton]] to [[Macclesfield]] crosses the river just as it turns northwards to flow down its well-known valley.  The river then flows under Derbyshire Bridge, which was the old boundary between [[Derbyshire]] and [[Cheshire]]. Later it reaches an old [[packhorse bridge]] that was moved when [[Errwood reservoir]] was built in the 1960s (see photo below). Further downstream there is another [[reservoir (water)|reservoir]], the [[Fernilee Reservoir]], built in 1938.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goytvalley.co.uk/history/|title=History|website=Goyt Valley Online|language=en-US|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> The original line of the [[Cromford and High Peak Railway]] can be seen near this point.

The Goyt then passes through [[Taxal]] and [[Horwich End]] where it is joined by the [[Todd Brook]]. Thereafter it passes through [[Whaley Bridge]], [[New Mills]] (where it is joined by the [[River Sett]]) and [[Marple Bridge]]. Having been joined by the [[River Etherow]], the Goyt joins the [[River Tame, Greater Manchester|River Tame]] at [[Stockport]], forming the [[River Mersey]].

The section of the Goyt valley between [[Etherow Country Park]] and Whaley Bridge is followed by the [[Goyt Way]], a {{convert|10|mi|adj=on}} walking route and part of the longer [[Midshires Way]].<ref name="ldwa">{{cite web |url=https://www.ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Goyt+Way |title=Goyt Way |publisher=Long Distance Walkers Association |access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref>

The River Goyt is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a girl whose Royalist lover drowned in the river.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ash |first=Russell |date=1973 |title=Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain |publisher=Reader's Digest Association Limited |page=372 |isbn=9780340165973 }}</ref>