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Wirral Trails

Taking a Wirral coastal walk is the perfect way to see Merseyside’s nature and sea views at their best. It is also incredibly easy to get to the coast with Merseyrail's Wirral Line bringing the Wirral Peninsula within easy reach for everyone. Only a few minutes by train from central Liverpool, it's the ideal choice for a day or half day outing. There is also an excellent network of local bus services that make the Wirral easy to get to every day of the week. These four Wirral walks are easy going and the two Wirral cycle routes are full of interesting things to see with fine views. They're good fun for all the family and make a great little outing in Autumn and Winter too. Each walk introduces a part of the Wirral coast or a well known inland area featuring a local common or country park.

Passing by a restored 18th Century beacon lighthouse at Leasowe, the walk runs between reed fringed pools and wild flower meadows to formidable sea defences where migratory birds can be seen during the Autumn and Winter, continuing to Meols by way of Dove Point.

A very pleasant coastal walk to Red Rocks and through the thriving dunes at Red Rocks Marsh Nature Reserve before reaching the sands of West Kirby, where there are good views of the Dee estuary and the Hilbre Islands Local Nature Reserve, one time haunt of smugglers.

A contrasting walk from Royden Park to Thurstaston Common, land used for grazing throughout the centuries. You climb Thurstaston Hill for excellent views across the Dee estuary to Wales before returning to the Visitor Centre.

A walk to Heswall church and to Wirral Country Park, a haven for wildlife between Hooton and West Kirby. Leave it to climb the heathland of Heswall Dales, a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) with exceptional views over to Wales.

The ride from Seacombe offers a great perspective across the Mersey to Liverpool's historic waterfront. There areparticularly fine views of the Pier Head and the Liver Building. In New Brighton, you will pass by Fort Perch Rock.

This ride offers exquisite views of the Dee estuary, especially along Denhall Lane, but the endearing feature of the route has to be the number of pretty villages through which it passes.