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D 10 FINISH Church on the right, continue onto Church Road. Take the first turn 9 THE A562 on the left into Beverley Road to find the site of ‘The Haunted Mill’ 7 STRAND SM Wavertree and continue to the end. I TH Playground DO WN Walk 3: ROA A5058 THE TOXTETH RIDGE D W D OO R R L START TO E D 6 CHILDWALL HILL N R L Sefton K D A P 6 1 V Park E E TOXTETH Walk 7: R BROW LL C START at the corner of Childwall Valley and Childwall Priory Roads, BE A WOOLTON HILL AND E T at Childwall Fiveways. Go up Childwall Priory Road and, at the top of A N CAMP HILL G L L the hill, turn left into Childwall Abbey Road. Take the pathway on the L A right, alongside the Lodge House 1 , into Childwall Woods 2 where W D 3 L Lime Picture Studios are based . Return to Childwall Abbey Road I C H MERSEY H and continue down to the T-Junction at Score Lane to the Childwall Reynolds A C H 5

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