Walks you can reach from Hunts Cross by train
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Liverpool Lime Street Station to Liverpool South Parkway Station (Lancashire)
3m direct from Hunts Cross.
A mostly gorgeous route. A mostly flat, well-surfaced route, the bulk of it along a wide paved promenade beside the River Mersey estuary with gorgeous views and plus a short city-centre section and quiet suburban streets with Triassic red-sandstone walls. Fully paved with only short ramps and a brief cobbled section near Albert Dock; suitable for all wheels.
Easy: 11km, gentle ascents.
Lunch: A pub and cafe with toilets at Otterspool roughly halfway; little else on the route, so get coffee and snacks in town.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Frodsham Station to Warrington Central Station (Cheshire)
15m direct from Hunts Cross.
An alternative that stays on the Bridgewater Canal all the way to Stockton Heath before entering Warrington and making a very nice canal walk between the urban areas.
18km.
Lunch: A pub at Moore on the canal.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Newton-le-Willows Station to Warrington Central Station (Lancashire)
15m direct from Hunts Cross.
A route with urban ends and a pleasant rural middle, following the Sankey Canal through good countryside. Surfaces range from tarmac cycle track to unmade, muddy and grassy paths; access gates and steps make it mostly foot-only and parts are liable to flood after heavy rain. Follows the Sankey (St Helens) Canal, considered England's first industrial canal, with remnants of locks along the way; much of the route is a designated cycle route. Free car park at Newton-le-Willows station.
Easy: 10km, gentle ascents.
Parts can flood after severe rain; several muddy sections, access gates, steps and kissing gates. A couple of road crossings at each end.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Ormskirk Station to Burscough Junction Station (Lancashire)
1h direct from Hunts Cross.
An accessible alternative using shared pedestrian/cycle paths wherever possible, with about 1.25km on the pavement of the main A59. Good pavements and shared-use paths, generally well maintained but narrowing in places and with paths around an industrial estate and through residential areas next to the railway. Largely follows shared-use cycle/walking paths; a parallel linear path beside the railway is due to be completed to replace the A59 walk.
6km.
About 1.25km along the A59 pavement, which narrows in places. No dedicated crossing of the main road at time of writing.
Lunch: Retail park near the Bull & Dog with a coffee shop and supermarkets.