Its name commemorates the life and work of Jack Baker, a former footpaths officer for Cheshire County Council.

[1][2] The Baker Way leaves Chester along the Shropshire Union Canal until bridge 120 at Christleton, where it then heads for Brown Heath before passing straight through Tarvin, along Hockenhull Lane and Tarvin High Street.

The route then meanders through the forest to its end point at Delamere railway station.

There are no waymarks from the start at Chester railway station, along City Road and then along the Shropshire Union Canal to Christleton.

Between Tarvin and Christleton the route crosses over the River Gowy at Hockenhull Platts, where there are three old packhorse bridges and a nature reserve.