A 7 9 5 A 6 Explore West Lancashire’s A 2 8 5 8 6 B 5 5 0 12 3 A Lancashire 90 B 6 Kilometres 0 5269 9 90 caster Canal Broughton 9 Cycleway Lan Countryside by bike Miles M55 01 2 Grimsargh 583 A 6243 M B 5 5 Cycling is a great way of Contains Ordnance Survey data. © Crown Copyright 2015 73 5 622 A50 8 Digital Cartography by Pindar Creative www.pindarcreative.co.uk 5 5 BLACKPOOL A M5 M exploring West Lancashire. 6 M55 Lancashire Most of the area is flat and PleasurePleasure B5 2 el 622 61 Cycleway e BeachBeach B h 5 1 W 9 Wesham there are many quiet lanes, 2 90 A5 d 8 l 3 i A5 u 62 83 G which are attractive to cycle B 5 KIRKHAM 2 6 0 6 River Rib on with pubs and cafes on ble Lan 62 caster the way. To the east the B5259 Canal Blackpool Wrea Green 62 Airport Lea Town M BrockholesBrockholes countryside is hillier but 6 CycleCycle Wetlandsetlands A A RaceRace TTrackrack 50 A 6 85 NatureNature ReserveReserve 622 3 5 A there are also splendid 6 5 8 8 0 4 Newton-with-Scales 3 Clifton ink 8 5 6 le L A 50 A views over the West b 43 ib 62 R B A59 A 59 Lancashire Plain. 583 5 A el 62 A 0 e 7 h B 2 W 5 4 A58 26 Freckleton BMXBMX 1 d 622 l The hills to the east of Skelmersdale are popular with PRESTON i 622 TrackTrack u 2 A 8 G 6 5 622 top riders, including Bradley Wiggins. A Warton Penwortham B 5 4 1 0 Leeds-Liverpool Canal A584 55 9 25 B5 B 6 2 LY THAM 5 62 8 You can cycle along Leeds-Liverpool Canal in 9 675 ST ANNE’S RSPBRSPB 5 A CentreCentre 62 A West Lancashire, though parts can become muddy Hutton BAMBER BRIDGE A 6 in winter and you should give way to walkers, A M Ri 5 ve 8 6 r 2 6 1 D 55 le o M especially on narrow sections. You can use the ibb u Lostock River R g la s Longton Hall towpath to get to Wigan or Burscough. New 62 Longton LongtonLongton BrickcroftBrickcroft 82 NatureNature ReserveReserve A5 M65 Ribble Estuary Walmer Bridge 1 A 6 5 0 6 A M 8 6 3 3 M Hesketh 5 2 9 5 Bank B 4 CuerdenCuerden WestWest LancsLancs A ValleyValley 91 LightLight RailwayRailway Much Hoole ParkPark Becconsall 6 25 B5 55 62 LEYLAND Whittle -le- B5248 91 Woods 62 B B5248 5 RSPBRSPB 2 Tarleton 4 MarshsideMarshside 7 WordenWorden Banks Bretherton 1 ParkPark Buckshaw 6 M Lancashire A 91 B Pier to Pier (Route 562) 4 91 6 9 A 62 65 Cycleway 2 5 A5 2 65 A 9 Follow the Pier to Pier Cycle Route from Southport 6 252 B5 5 2 3 B A 49 BotanicBotanic 5 5 2 5 Pier to Wigan Pier. From Southport the route takes B 9 Euxton GardensGardens 91 Croston 6 you along minor roads to Burscough and then the M L 8 B6229 5 1 0 AstleyAstley Mere Sollom e A B 5 A e 5 Meol’sMeol’s LeisureLeisure 5 2 8 d 1 5 2 Brow HallHall s B 4 62 canal to Wigan. HallHall 6 Lakesakes & L A 67 i 581 52 v SOUTHPORT A e r p NE o Eccleston LA 28 o B62 l K C 62 RE D A CHORLEY LA B 55 N E Cheshire Lines (Route 62) Holmeswood C Visit Sefton and West Lancashire a n a l B 5 A For information about cycling and walking in Though called the Cheshire Lines, this 2 0 B 6 8 5 2 RuffordRufford 5 Rufford 0 B n traffic free path on the old railway is 5 HallHall Southport, West Lancashire and the Sefton Coast, 2 5 4 6 WindmillWindmill 6 1 5 5 FarmFarm CamelotCamelot 2 A Lancashire 5 including ride leaflets, which you can download. in fact in Lancashire. The railway ThemeTheme Charnock B 91 MereMere SandsSands WoodWood B 5 A 2 Mawdesley Richard Cycleway 4 ParkPark 5 NatureNature ReserveReserve 6 was opened in 1884 by the Cheshire 7 www.visitseftonandwestlancs.co.uk 0 A 4 Lancashire 9 91 Lines Committee to link their railway B5243 Bescar Lane Cycleway B5 24 Coppull M Cycle Lancashire 3 at Aintree with Southport. It is now a 7 MartinMartin MMereere R 6 6 562 i 2 WildfowlWildfowl andand v CraftCraft e 5 r For information about cycling in Lancashire traffic-free cycle path from Maghull NatureNature A WetlandsWetlands TrustTrust D CentreCentre o ReserveReserve u B52 Bescar 43 g B52 l to Formby and a great place to cycle 42 a www.visitlancashire.com/cycling-lancashire Shirdley New s 62 Scarisbrick Lane 91 Hill 562 with children. 91 B R 5 Ainsdale E 2 N A CanalCanal 5 DiscoveryDiscovery C 0 Cycle Training R ES CentreCentre L l WharfWharf AN na It is part of the Trans-Pennine Trail E l Ca High poo Adlington 7 iver Moor Cycle training for children is available through 4 L Burscough & l 1 ds o from Hull to Southport. 5 ee Hoscar 91 L o p A Pinfold r e schools. iv L l CycleCycle HireHire B a 52 5 & n A 0 2 s a 9 Parbold 4 d C 810 6 e e 9 6 L A5 0 Cycle Loan B52 1 42 STANDISH 5 A AinsdaleAinsdale NationalNational 0 Parbold Beacon A Halsall 4 52 NatureNature ReserveReserve 5 5 2 0 Cycle loan is available for jobseekers at Pimbo 6 B 9 91 Newburgh Appley B 5 5 Southport Sea Front and Sefton Coast 2 A 0 A Bridge 6 A 562 Shevington 4 and White Moss. AS 5 9 MALL 7 0 6 See overleaf for Vale L You can now cycle along the seafront in Southport A Ormskirk Map M Woodvale NE Airfield Cycle Shops and down the Sefton Coast to Crosby. B 62 5 3 Shevington Lancashire 7 91 5 B53 See overleaf for 7 Cycleway 5 Skelmersdale Map Skelmersdale Cycle hire is available from Southport Railway ORMSKIRKKIRK Ashurst’s Beacon Haskayne 91 91 HaighHaigh Station, the Eco Centre on the seafront and View HallHall G&B Accessories Clieves A steep Point EdEdgEEdgedge HHill 57 A Westhead hill Hills 9 UniUniveUniversityniverrs 7 39 Sandy Lane, Skelmersdale WN8 8LA Crosby Lakeside. 5 5 7 1 A 9 A 1 4 5 5 FORMBY 7 B 7 A577 Roby Tel: 01695 721694 0 91 Mill 6 7 B 3 A B 5 195 A 5 5 B 4 5 5 B 4 1 2 FarmFarm 9 7 BeacoBeacon 9 4 5 7 Lancashire Cycleway ParkPark ParkPark B 75 95 L 53 B51 e 91 e d s 6 & SKELMERSDALE 0 2 (Routes 90 and 91) C 5 L a 2 B i 531 v n B B M e 5 a 2 r 6 4 p l B531 0 2 o o ORRELL The Lancashire Cycleway is a 270 mile cycle tour l 58 WIGAN RavenRaven MeolsMeols HillHill Cheshire Lines AughtonAghtonAug M of the county. It skirts the north of Skelmersdale. NatureNature ReserveReserve Trans-Pennine Trail 62 WiganWigan A57 7 PierPier 1 You could use the West Lancashire section to make A 57 6 5 8 A 8 L 0 7 M5 3 e 5 Bickerstaffe 0 2 i R A 5 g iv B h a cycle tour of the area. e Lydiate Hightown r 7 C 9 MountainMountain A 7 a lt 40 1 5 5 n WiganWigan B B BikeBike TrailsTrails Up Holland a l FlashesFlashes A NatureNature 4 9 ReserveReserve A 58 5 M 1 4 B Crawford 5 19 MAGHULL 3 Photos by Lancashire County Council and B 5 810 2 A 0 Jon Sparks www.xpandinghorizons.co.uk 3 6 5 B 5 M M 6 2 6 5 0 6 8 5 RAINFORD 22 M 54 9 B A 5 KIRKBY A Digital Cartography, design and 5 A 5 20 7 7 0 1 print by Pindar Creative to Liverpool B5 7 CROSBY to St Helen’s 2 BILLINGE 5 B5 62 05 20 A 7 www.pindarcreative.co.uk 02.16.