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Park D W A FINISH Stanley RT A ST O A 2 EVERTON RIDGE R L Y LANE R T O O SPELLOW I R N START at Grant Gardens, on the corner of Everton Road and West 7 P B R A580 R Derby Road at the site of the ‘Liverpool Necropolis’ which opened EC 2 O K A in 1825 1 . Continue along Everton Road, then left into Village F D IE L Street and Brow Side and see the town houses where the wealthy 6 D 1 5 R settled in the 18th Century 2 and where Molly Bushell’s Everton D Toffee Shop did thriving business for tourists, who would come to NETHERFIELD 3 take in the spectacular views and those who misbehaved would be city. your of parks and streets H D detained in the lock-up 3 . Back onto Everton Road and continue E ON R Y LT the in hidden stories the discover I C M W left into Heyworth Street. Take a left through the gateway into W HA Cemetery O A O Anfield U L Everton Park and the Vista Point where Prince Rupert of the Rhine and about and out get to need you R T N T O invaded Liverpool in the 17th Century 4 . Return to Heyworth T H C N Y I information and maps the provides T S Street and continue left to St George’s Church where the ‘Everton L R Y A T D D N D Beacon’ stood proud from 1230-1803 when it fell due to a severe R R guide this Ridge, Everton from views K E 5 storm . On this same site ‘The Cast Iron Church’ was built in C Road West, and City Road. City and West, Road E 1815 6 . Look over the road to see the Grade II listed Everton R spectacular the and Woods Woolton B Library or ‘The Jewel on the Hill’ 7 . Church Road, Heathcote Village, Walton via return to option the take Walton Hill to the natural beauty of of beauty natural the to Hill Walton . From here here From . those inflicted with the Bubonic Plague are buried buried are Plague Bubonic the with inflicted those 7 NETHERFIELD Also in this area is the site of a medieval Plague Pit where bodies of of bodies where Pit Plague medieval a of site the is area this in Also D A580 R Mossley Hill and the plague pit on on pit plague the and Hill Mossley H C . from when Benedictine monks settled in Walton-on-the-Hill Walton-on-the-Hill in settled monks Benedictine when from 6 4 R U H a medieval abbey and burial ground may well remain in the wall wall the in remain well may ground burial and abbey medieval a C Rupert Lane in architecture Gothic Wavertree, Recreation of remains church, the Alongside pub. to adjacent footpath the From the medieval Monks’ Well in in Well Monks’ medieval the From along along First Christians & St Mary’s Church Walton-on-the-Hill’ Walton-on-the-Hill’ Church Mary’s St & Christians First Ground 5 . Enter Church grounds of ‘The ‘The of grounds Church Enter . School House’ can be seen be can House’ School 4 HEATHCOTE RD HEATHCOTE A5058 BROW Tudor ‘The where Pub Horse Black of front in park car the to Road SIDE 3 . Continue up County County up Continue . Owen and William Owen Elias Streets’ Streets’ Elias Owen William and Owen E 3 4 V 2 E and around the city. the around and V . Turn right into County Road passing ‘The ‘The passing Road County into right Turn . the 13th Century 13th the START 2 E VILLAGE VILLAGE R I R WALTON T 7 . Walk down Spellow Lane or ‘Speech Hill’ as it was in in was it as Hill’ ‘Speech or Lane Spellow down Walk . Lane D STREET 5 1 O N S in walks seven of N 1 Spellow of top the at club, football official first, Liverpool’s Club’, SHAW ST R E E 6 D Park Hall U at gates of Everton Football Club known as ‘The People’s People’s ‘The as known Club Football Everton of gates at START START Q Grant Walton L L I series a Liverpool, H A5058 E Z Gardens E E R RD B H S I FIN WALTON HILL WALTON 1 BY DER T Hills 7 to Welcome ES W 1 WALTON HILL choose 3 THE TOXTETH RIDGE ST FINISH MENT ARLIA P 2 EVERTON RIDGE START at the corner of Park Road and Ullet Road at ‘The Ancient 1 7 7 Hills Liverpool has been developed by Choose Freedom. Chapel of Toxteth’ . Continue along Ullet Road and turn left into 4 Belvidere Road: Enter Princes Park (The Pioneer Park) through the 6 The overall aim of Choose Freedom is to increase opportunities 3 THE TOXTETH RIDGE for sustainable access to employment for the residents of Everton, gates on the right and explore the Park 2 . Exit the park through 5 PR IN Kirkdale, Speke and Garston through active travel initiatives. the Sunburst Gates, opposite the roundabout at the end of Princes C ES 3 R Road and walk along ‘The Boulevard’ . Continue to the end of D 3 Choose Freedom works in partnership with Liverpool City / 4 T MOSSLEY HILL AND SEFTON PARK Princes Avenue, to the area at the corner of Upper Parliament H Council, Merseytravel’s TravelWise campaign and BikeRight! E Street. Along this route you will see, ‘The Japanese Art Gallery’, 4 B O U (once a private art gallery owned by a wealthy merchant named L EV A 5 OLIVE MOUNT AND WAVERTREE RIDGE James Bowes), the Church of St.Margaret of Antioch, Princes Road R K ST D Synagogue, and the Greek Orthodox Church of St Nikolas 5 . At RWIC WA T S the end of Princes Avenue you will find the former NatWest Bank L with its controversial history 6 and the large monumental plaque IL 6 CHILDWALL HILL H H of ‘The Lady with The Lamp’, a tribute to the work of Florence T R Nightingale 7 . Take a left down Parliament Street until you reach O N the Anglican Cathedral. 7 WOOLTON RIDGE AND CAMP HILL Princes Park Admiral Park B 2 E L V I P D A E R R MAP KEY K E R D D R T E R L Tour Route START D L U Optional Return Route A 5 6 1 1 7 hills, 7 walks, and 7 reasons 7 Hills walking routes © Ken Pye Choose Freedom is wholly funded by the Department for to get out and explore the city www.discover-liverpool.com Transport through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. WALTON E NU VE 1 L A AL H ROSE LN 4 MOSSLEY HILL AND SEFTON PARK FREDERICK MILL N T O GROVE 2 LANE T R AL N 2 Walton W A Picton T E START at the Church of St Matthew and St James on Mossley Hill Playground S 4 Park V I Road 1 . Across from here is the site of the Liverpool Zoological MOSSLEY RD HILL Walk 1: R H 5 1 D 2 IG Garden built within the Rosemont estate in 1932 . Cross over the H ST S WALTON HILL 1 3 N road and take Mossley Hill Road, directly opposite the Church, off E CHILD E W Rose Lane. Turn left along Carnatic Road where the grand ‘Carnatic ALL U R CARNATIC RD House’ once stood 3 . At the T-Junction turn right into Mossley D Q 3 N S L Croxteth Hall & Hill Drive, crossing the Iron Bridge and turn left into Sefton Park 4 K Q START Stanley U Country Park N to see The Palm House, the Peter Pan Statue 5 and the Aviary 6 . A E D R B Park E A Follow the central route to exit the park on Aigburth Drive, opposite L N I N R A A580 S O E T the end of Lark Lane 7 )and continue into and along Lark Lane. N C D E I V C R R R D L I L E I G V H L A5089 E Y E A 2 ANFIELD L S N WEST DERBY S E O Wavertree 4 M C A565 6 A5058 Green H EVERTON U 5 R Walk 2: C H Sefton Park EVERTON RIDGE R FINISH D Grant 5 OLIVE MOUNT AND WAVERTREE RIDGE WO Gardens OLT Wavertree ON Playground 7 RD 6 START at The Lock-Up on the Wavertree Village Green 1 . Continue C HUYTON up Mill Lane to the Monks’ Well 2 , and then return back down the H R A Walk 5: TH D hill. Cross to the roundabout and the Clock Tower 3 , and then cross R UR L 3 B E IG back to the end of High Street. Take the alleyway to the right off High NE OLIVE MOUNT AND A S LA 4 E B EDG WAVERTREE RIDGE D Street, and then first right again, into Arnold Grove to see George R E Harrison’s Birthplace 4 . Return to High Street and visit the Cock and R H R 5 T I R N LARK LANE Bottle Pub to the right of the alley entrance and The Smallest House in 8 U 7 B Britain 5 . Double back along High Street and turn right into Church G Walk 6: IG T A Road North. Pass the Coffee House Pub to the iron gates outside The O 6 EDGE HILL WAVERTREE CHILDWALL HILL N 6 Royal School for the Blind .

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