The 5.6077 mile (9.0248 km) Meander that we did on our third "Walk and Wednesday Pub-Lunch" (W&WPL), is available at...
As with our last W&WPL, it starts and ends in the car park behind Costa in Maghull.
The loop walk included a target pub, the Punchbowl in Sefton Village.
You can see how it rated in my Maghull Foodie Blog at...
Setting off from the car park we headed along Westway towards the A5147 (Liverpool Road North). Crossing Westway we cut through the small coppice and down to the Zebra crossing.
Turning right, once we'd crossed, we then turned left across the Leeds, Liverpool Canal and then right along the tow-path.
At Green Lane Swing Bridge, we turned left along Green Lane, until we got to a sharp left hand bend. Here we turn right along a signposted track (just before a farm)
This brings you to the Cheshire Lines where it crosses Maghull Brook.
Turning right, onto the Cheshire lines, we continued along until we reached another path off to the left.
Signs of spring were evident in the form of catkins (Lambs tails)
This path took us past a pylon and a pond on our right and across fields with views to Sefton Village Church on the horizon.
Climbing steps, we crossed the River Alt and continued straight ahead.
First left took us to the perimeter path around the woodland where we turned right and continued around to the main entrance.
Here we turned right and walked parallel to St Helen's Gutter and out onto Lunt Road.
On the opposite side of the road was St Helen's Well...
Turning left we headed for our Wednesday Pub lunch at the Punchbowl.
See the link near the top of this post for a review of what we experienced.
After lunch, we continued past St Helen's Church and then left onto the B5422 (Bridges Lane).
Just after re-crossing the River Alt, we crossed Bridges Lane and entered part of the Mersey Forest,
Taking the first parth on the left we skirted the woodland, bearing right to walk parallel to Dover's Brook and then second left, over Melling Brook.
This took us along a path between Maghull High School's playing fields and Whinney Brook.
More signs of spring with Pussy willow...
Emerging onto Ormonde Drive, we turned right then left onto Liverpool Road South, crossing the Zebra crossing and into King George V Playing Fields.
Here we saw the very first daffodils of 2015!
Heading past Maghull Town Hall / Library / Meadows Sports Centre we went up steps and left along the A59 (Northway). Just before the A59 crosses the canal we decended steps down onto the canal tow-path, turning left and back to Shop Lane Swing Bridge.
We then retraced our steps back to the carpark.
One highlight, of this Meander, apart from lunch at the Punchbowl, was seeing 5 herons...
