ARROWE PARK - PARKGATE Welcome Countryside code CIRCULAR WALK This 16 mile long circular trail is the end result From a gentle stroll or relaxing picnic to a long-distance walk or heart-pumping adventure, the countryside provides every of long, ongoing consultations with Robin opportunity for enjoyment and relaxation. Tutchings, Wirral Borough Council’s Footpath Officer. The final selection of the paths to form • Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs. this trail was also assisted by fellow rambler, • Leave gates and property as you find them. Claire Gill, who gave similar valued support • Protect plants and animals, and take your litter home. when I was working to establish the Clwydian Way • Keep dogs under close control. in 2000 and the Alwen Trail in 2006. However, in • Consider other people. the Wirral our joint objective was to create a If you follow the Countryside Code wherever you go, you will get reasonably long walking trail that would take the best enjoyment possible and you will help to protect the ramblers through some of the most attractive countryside now and for future generations. parts of the mid-Wirral peninsular and, at the same time, keep road-walking down to a minimum. We hope you like the varied route Useful contacts we have selected and enjoy your walk. Wirral Public Rights of Way Wirral Cycling Office David Hollett, October 2012. Office t: 0151 606 2004 t: 0151 606 2004 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] www.visitwirral.com/cycling www.visitwirral.com/walking Parks & Countryside Manager Tourist Information t: 0151 606 2004 t: 0151 666 3188 www.wirral.gov.uk www.visitwirral.com Wirral Country Park, Eastham Country Park Thurstaston t: 0151 327 1007 t: 0151 648 4371 e: [email protected] North Wirral Coastal Park Dibbinsdale t: 0151 648 4371 Local Nature Reserve e: [email protected] t: 0151 334 9851 Travelwise Traveline New Brighton Leas owe J1 Wallas ey t: 0151 330 1253 t: 0871 200 22 33 Hoyla ke e: [email protected] www.merseytravel.gov.uk J2 www.merseyferries.co.uk West Kir by www.letstravelwise.org WIRRAL Bi rkenhead J3 Tranme re Thurstaston Thingwall Storeton Barnston Rock Ferry He swall M53 Port Sunlight J4 Brimstage Bebington Thornton Hough Parkga te Eastham Neston J5 J6 www.visitwirral.com /coast&countryside Cottages in Barnston Dip Arrowe Park to Storeton Route Optional route a272 a 77 Bus route © Crown copyright and database rights 2012 Ordnance Survey 100019803. You are not permitted to copy, sub-license, distribute or sell any of this data to third parties in any form. a77 a272 a77 a272 a77 a85 a77 a272 a272 a77 a85 a85 a85 a272 a85 a272 a85 a272 Arrowe Park - Storeton . m r o f y n a n i s e i t r a p d r i h t o t a t a 1 d s i h t 3 f o y n a l l a e s 272 r o e t u b i r t s i d , e s 2 n e c i l - b u s , y p o c o t d e t t i m r e p t o n e r a u o Y . 3 0 8 9 1 0 0 0 1 y e v 4 r u S e c n a n d r O 2 1 0 2 a s 77 t h g i r e s a b a a t 272 a d d n a t h g i r y p o c a n 77 w o r C © Arrowe Park - Landican ‘bridge’, straight across the next field keeping to the left of 1 From the main Arrowe Country Park car park off the pond and then down to the track and exit into Landican Arrowe Park Road that also doubles up as the Golf Club Lane. Please note, this route can get very muddy where and Cherry Orchard car parks, exit out of the main the footpath is shared with a large herd of cows! Follow entrance and turn right to go along the pavement of the footpath past the farm on your right out onto Arrowe Park Road with the fields on your left. Landican Lane. 2 As you approach Thingwall Corner roundabout you can Landican - Storeton choose Option A: Turn left into Landican Road and walk 3 Continue along Landican Lane for about 200m and you along the grass verge into Landican Village to the point will see route 56 national cycle network signs for this lovely where the public footpath joins the road from the right. well used bridleway that up to the Bidston - Wrexham Option B: On the far side of the roundabout on the left is Railway is an avenue of mature oak trees with all the the stile and start on the public footpath. Enter the field wildlife that such habitats provide. The bridleway continues keeping the hedge on your left, over the railway sleeper under the M53 and comes out in Storeton village. 1 Storeton - Thornton Hough Storeton - Brimstage 4 At the end of Landican Lane, pass the T junction on the left and the footpath to Thingwall on the right. Continue to 4 the end of the road. Negotiate the roundabout on the left to leave the roundabout by the 2nd exit, Red Hill Road. Take care: oncoming traffic without a pavement. Follow the road round to the right and take the public footpath down the a77 track that veers right from the road towards Ivy Kennels and Cattery. At the end of the track enter the field and walk parallel to the M53. This path exits right onto Brimstage Lane, under the motorway and follow this single track road to Brimstage. Take care with oncoming traffic. Brimstage - Thornton Hough 5 At the end of Brimstage Lane, cross over the main road. You can turn right and visit the Craft Centre with a variety . m r o f y of facilities. The route turns left and then immediate right n a n i s e onto the public footpath over the stiles and across the fields, i t r a p d r across the Leverhulme access road, across the next field and i h t o t a turn left onto the bridleway that leads across another t a d s i h t Leverhulme access road into Rocklands Lane. Soon on the f 5 o y n a l left you will see Thomas’s path that leads down to l e s r o e Clatterbridge, and opposite is the footpath that goes across t u b i r t s i more fields that exits onto Thornton Common Road. d , e s n e c Cross the road, turn right and follow the pavement into i l - b u s , the village of Thornton Hough. y p o c o t d e t t i m r e p t o n e r a u o Y . 3 0 8 9 1 0 0 0 1 y e v r u S e c n a n d r O 2 a 1 85 0 2 s t h g i r e s a b a t a d d n a t h g i r y p o c 6 n w o r C View form Rocklands Lane © 2 Thornton Hough - Lees Lane, Neston Thornton Hough - Raby 6 Pass ‘The Store’, ‘The Seven Stars’ Pub, the Village Post Office and onto The Village Cricket Green. Over the far side of the green there is a grass path over the stream and 6 the permissive bridle-route to Raby. You can either turn a left, follow the stream and then the path runs parallel to the road to Raby Village, or if you turn right, follow the fenced a85 in path to where the path opens out into a field, go round the ponds to the public footpath. Turn left onto this lovely public right of way that leads to Raby Village. a85 Both of the above routes bring you out by the phone box. Take the 2nd road on the right and pass The Wheatsheaf Inn on your left. m r o f y n a 7 n i s e i t r a p d r i h t o t a t a d s i h t f o y n a l l e s r o e t u b i r t s i d Footpath 49 west of Raby , e s n e c i l - b u s , Raby - Wirral Country Park, The Wirral Way, Lees y p o c o t Lane Picnic Site, Neston East d e t t i m 7 r With the Wheatsheaf Inn on your left, go to the end of e p t o n the road and continue straight on down the often muddy e r a u o Y farm lane/public right of way. After about a third of a mile . 3 0 8 9 take the footpath on the right then take the first path on the 1 0 0 0 1 y left which runs through a mature line of trees and a e v r u S e meadow until you reach ‘Roselea’ on Quarry Road. Turn c n a n d r right at this point. O 2 1 0 2 s Just after School Lane on the right, cross the road and t h g i r e take the footpath across the field to The Chester High Road.