A truly great circular walk in the Sefton area on good paths, tracks and roads. Bring your binoculars and camera. A must for ornithologists and anyone interested in a little history.
Highlights include:
St Helen Church, Sefton. The only grade 1 building in the borough of Sefton and one of the oldest Christian sites in Merseyside.
St Helen’s Well probably a pre-Christian spring that in the Middle Ages turned into a pilgrimage site, especially so in the 14th century when the church was built close by.
Lunt Meadows with its vast range of water birds and wildlife on the man-made lakes and ponds created as a flood plain by the Environment Agency in 2014.
Walk through the picturesque village of Ince Blundell, the oldest settlement in Sefton.
The pretty village of Little Crosby where protestants are ‘vetted’ before they can live there and the church and convent of St Marys, Little Crosby. 6.5m Cafe and W/C.
Walk along the Sefton Coastal Path and its sea wall, now being consumed by the sand. Watch the ships enter/exit the port of Liverpool, maybe see a liner. Views of the Wirral peninsular and the mountains of Wales. 8.5m W/C charge.
Visit the Iron men of Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place ‘ 9.5 Cafe and W/C at baths.
See the homes of Captain Edward John Smith, captain of the Titanic and his boss, the Chairman and Managing Director of White Star Line, Joseph Bruce Ismay.
Walk around Crosby Marina, its sailing club and Lakeside cafe, where canoeing and open water swimming can be had. 10.5m Cafe and W/C
Walk through Rimrose Valley Country Park with its vast range of wildlife, woods and wild meadows.
Return via Liverpool and Leeds canal and the Trans-Pennine Trail through Sefton Meadows part of the Liverpool Forest. Maybe, see a short eared owl hunting during the day.
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