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Try DISCOVER LYDIATE AND LYDIATE DISCOVER 2 NEW 2 INCLUDES INCLUDES M57 LITHERLAND KIRKBY CROSBY MAGHULL LYDIATE M58 M6 A59 A5147 SKELMERSDALE FORMBY ORMSKIRK M6 A565 A5209 A570 BURSCOUGH Lydiate SOUTHPORT SEFTON Parish of Parish 0845 140 0845 140 0845 - Tel www.sefton.gov.uk Officer Way of Rights the contact or For further details about these and other paths and walks in Sefton see the website website the see Sefton in walks and paths other and these about details further For 4 mile circular walks. Descriptions of the LYDIATE PARISH walks are included to help with and ABOUT THE PARISH enhance the walk. Additional walks within the Borough can be found in the This guide is to highlight the local Walking and Cycling Guide produced by The name Lydiate is derived from the features of the Parish and encourage Sefton Council. Lydiate residents and visitors to make Anglo-Saxon word for swing gate, ‘hlid - geat’ and it is mentioned in the the most of them. Lydiate is well served by road; it lies 5 Domesday Book as having a wood a minutes from the end of the M58 and is League long and two Furlongs wide. served by numerous bus routes from Liverpool, Southport and Ormskirk. The north eastern parts of the Parish were St Catherine's Chapel ‘J’ on map Merseytravel buses such as nos 231, 300 once a Viking settlement, called Eggergarth. and 311. Lydiate is no longer served by This was not recorded in the Domesday train but there is a station in near by The Ireland family held the Book, probably because it was not sufficiently Maghull that provides links to Liverpool, lordship of Lydiate from 1420 valuable. Ormskirk and Southport. Bus route to 1673 and they were also no.231 connects Lydiate with Maghull responsible for a second Two major features of industrial northern Station. More details are available from feature of the parish, Lydiate England can be found in the area.The Traveline on 0871 200 2233. All these Hall.This was built in the 16th Leeds-Liverpool Canal meanders through Lydiate Hill Bridge ‘M’on map buses stop at the Village Green. Century and was home to the Lydiate and the dismantled Cheshire Lines Anderton and Blundell families Railway runs in the neighboring parish along after the Ireland's. By 1940 the Lydiate is located in the Metropolitan the west boundary of Lydiate. hall was a complete ruin. Borough of Sefton, on north Merseyside. It is 9.8 miles(15.8km) from Liverpool Lydiate, along with Maghull were part of the The picturesque thatched and 10.5 miles (16.9km) from Southport. larger parish of Halsall until the mid 1800’s Scotch Piper Inn can be found and were administered as part of the Diocese on Southport Road and is The Parish is largely rural, it has a village of Lichfield.There are several historical reputed to be the oldest inn centre and boasts a wide and varied monuments to be found in Lydiate.The first in Lancashire with origins number of amenities.These include local place of worship in Lydiate, St Catherine's dating back to 1320. shops, public houses and a number of Chapel, was built by the Ireland family in the farms with shops and cafes selling local Canal Cottages ‘12’on map 1400’s. It was dedicated to St.Catherine, the produce for people to enjoy. patron saint of Lawrence Ireland's wife, Catherine Blundell. The Chapel now Lydiate has great access to other outdoor stands in ruin but some arte- activities such as rambling. There is a facts can be found in large network of public footpaths Our Lady’s Church. throughout the Parish and with the close proximity of the Leeds Liverpool Canal access to the countryside is readily avail- able to local residents and visitors alike. The map overleaf details the parish and Mill House ‘10’on map highlights its public footpaths and two Scotch Piper Inn ‘K’ on map LydiateParishCouncil2 17/3/10 16:06 Page 1 Page 16:06 17/3/10 LydiateParishCouncil2 TOWER AND Aug8 NORTH STEEPLE WALK GREEN’S LANE Lyd4 7 WALSH HALL FARM 6 Dow9 1. Starting at Lollies Bridge, go down the A CR MARSCOUGH E S NORTH BRIDGE LANE steps, follow the footpath along the canal Lyd 2 MARSCOUGH 8 to Sandy Lane. Continue along Sandy SOUTH BRIDGE RIMMER’S BRIDGE Aug30 G FIRTH BRIDGE (SWING BRIDGE) Lane to Pygons Hill Lane. NE A 9 L ’S N MILL HOUSE FARM EE 2. Part way along the path you can see a fault HOLLAND’S FARM R Lyd G ‘D’ on walk 1 BROOKSIDE FARM BYE BRIDGE ‘1’ on walk line in the earth’s crust that runs through CHURCH VIEW FARM F the area. Lyd5 D SMITHY BROW E 3. At the top of the hill in the ground to the EAG ER LANE side of the path is a tile with the inscription. SOUTHPORT RD 10 C ‘From this spot six churches can be seen - Find them’. They are clockwise from Christ A C B BRIDGEFOOT FARM R THE COTTAGE E H S IVY GLEN ALL L LA A NE Church, Aughton to your left, St Michael’s, N IVY FARM E L LANE CHESHIRE LINES HAL JACKSON’S Aug 5 BRIDGE 15 Aughton, St Helen’s, Sefton, this is the A NURSERY GARDEN HOLLIN HOUSE HOLLINS BARN 11 Lyd24 FARM LYDIATE HALL FARM LYDIATE HALL steeple between the pylons behind you , (REMAINS OF) JACKSON’S Our Lady’s Lydiate, St Thomas, Lydiate and BRIDGE FARM St Cuthbert’s, Halsall. Depending on the I SUDELL BRIDGE time of the year, you will have to move Lyd20 12 PYE’S COTTAGES CANAL BANK MARYLANDS B 4 ACK COTTAGES from ‘the spot’ to find them all! ST KATHERINE’S CHAPEL ‘6’ on walk ‘E’ on walk Lyd LA HILL TOP FARM 6 ANE (REMAINS OF) DELL L N SU E ABBEY VIEW LANE PYGON’S PYGON’S HILL SWAN 4. Turn left into Pygons Hill Lane and then right Lyd 9 SPENCERS HEY Alt10 PIG AND POULTRY FARM HOUSE FARM H onto the footpath signed to Back Lane. Crossing LYDIATE HILL BRIDGE STABLES RD the brook, turn right and the path from the ION TAT S ROSE FARM gate heads diagonally across the field to the A Lyd12 C R Lyd7 E S L tree on the left of St Michael’s spire. A N ROSE HILL FARM E Lyd 8 HOME FARM E 3 5. Follow the path’s waymarkers to Back Lane, LAN Y ELL’S PUNN RST WA CHERRY TREE FARM PIGON’S FOLD FARM LOLLIES BRIDGE NDHUBI along the side of the cottage.Turn left onto GORE HOUSE FARM SA RC ROSE HILL H P AY P FIELD W YGO I MEADOW VIEW FARM L 1 L N’ I Back Lane and left onto the next footpath. N S 2 H G AY IL AL L L LA A T N N C R BIRCH WAY E RTHW A E VE Lyd16 R SIL O L 6. Continue along this path, shortly ahead GORE LODGE A E CARR LANE N AV N E Key ON NI 59 PILLING LANE MA on the left are to the ruins of Walsh Hall , Roads SS LANE S A MO Lyd13 MO S LANE BERRYS FARM ‘10’ on walk a medieval moated site. Follow the LYDIATE GREEN W O ‘G’ on walk O Lydiate Hall Walk D SAN waymarkers through the grounds and the L E I LL AVE DY G DE BLA H SE LUN LANE CLO D B EL CKH Lyd NE W 14 horse paddocks. N.B. there are several stiles LA CA Tower & Steeple Walk G U IN RS PILL DW T EL R along this section. L R D D SERY RD Canal NUR 7. After leaving Walsh Hall straight ahead E AV Lyd5 RY Public Footpaths LLO you can see the wind farm in Liverpool Bay Lyd18 MA Y LAMBSHEAR LANE LAM as you walk down to Rimmer’s Bridge over BSHE Stiles HAIGH AR L Alt 8 ANE Lyd19 MARSH T RTHWA HE MO the canal. C RE LIVERPOOL RD SCE ALL O NO Trans Pennine Trail R ’S N ING O 9 T CLOSE AK S You are now in the old area of Eggergarth. H 8. RD IL A5 COPPULL L D R KENYON On the left is a manure wharf.This was used BARNE Public Footpaths are signed by green signs with white ’S Lyd15 LANE S RID by Liverpool Corporation who brought the walking person or by yellow arrowed waymarkers. DR GEW AY D R ALE horse manure and street sweepings out by XANDE D R DR R Lyd17 N O I T Public Footpaths are identified by unique references BELLS LANE A barge to the farmers who spread it on VIRGINIA AV N LANE O NEDENS R ‘11’ on walk O ‘I’ on walk such as Lyd5, this is footpath no.5 in Lydiate.