Walks you can reach from Birkenhead North by train
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Liverpool Lime Street Circular via Liverpool Cathedral (Lancashire)
15 minutes direct from Birkenhead North.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Hoylake to Wallasey Grove Road (Cheshire)
15 minutes direct from Birkenhead North.
Beautiful views over the Wales and Hilbre Island. A flat, easy and very accessible coastal walk, mostly on wide concrete or paved seawall and promenade with extensive beach and sea views. A section between the Old Gunsite and Leasowe Lighthouse is unsealed and stony and blown sand can impede wheels in a couple of places. Easy to return on Merseyrail. Refreshments and toilets at Derby Pool, the Green Hut and in Hoylake.
Coastal: almost all along the coast.
Time: 3h–5h30
1 lunch spot: the Green Hut
Warnings: Watch out for cyclists, as the shared cycle and walking paths are confusing and hard to avoid. Blown sand can impede progress in places.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Neston to West Kirby (Cheshire)
15 minutes direct from Birkenhead North.
Coast path most of the way.
Walk details: Railwalks.