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WALK 2 Parkgate & Gayton
A pleasant ramble beside the Dee Estuary
returning along quiet tracks and lanes into
old Parkgate.
Start:
The Old Baths car park off Boathouse Lane,
Parkgate.
Distance:
Approximately 3 miles. 2 - 4 hours.
Parking:
The Old Baths car park off Boathouse Lane,
Parkgate (turn off the road at the ‘Boathouse Inn’).
Buses and Trains:
Bus stops are located nearby on
The Parade, Parkgate. The nearest railway station is
approximately 1 mile away at Neston.
1
Start from the car park and follow the path with the
golf course meeting the footpath from Gayton. At that
footpath turn right and go to
4a
for further instructions.
2
If continuing along the sea wall you will eventually
7
Having continued along Wood Lane, pass Brook Lane
reach a tall beech hedge at the end of the path. Descend
the steps onto the old slipway which is at the end of
Cottage Lane.
3
Turn right and walk up Cottage Lane. This passes
on the left, and soon after there is a sign pointing right to
Parkgate. Take this path and follow it until you pass
beneath the old railway bridge which is now the
Wirral Way.
8
Walk past the school and turn left soon after into
over the Wirral Way.
3a
Shortly after passing the entrance to the golf club you
The Ropewalk.
This is a perfectly straight path once used
by ropemakers to stretch out their ropes.
9
When you reach a crossroads of tracks, turn right
Dee Estuary on your left.
This is an excellent vantage point
for bird-watching, especially at high tide.
Pass by the track
on your right which leads to the Wirral Way then pass
through a gap in the wall and follow the sea wall path
for about half a mile.
1a
If you prefer a shorter walk, you have the option of
reach a crossroads junction. Turn right into the cobbled
Gayton Farm Road, bear right onto the track which
descends through trees, past the old historic Gayton Well
within the bank on the left.
When this track was a route to
Chester it was probably an old watering hole for cattle and
horses.
Continue past the fields on the left and the golf
course on the right. It can be muddy here.
You have
gained about a hundred feet since leaving the sea wall
and have the views over the Dee to show for it.
4
Pass through the gap by the old gate and follow the
along Little Lane. You can now see the estuary ahead.
This leads straight onto the seafront of Parkgate next to
the ice-cream shops!
10
Turn right out of Little Lane onto The Parade where
you are able to rest on the seats, enjoy an ice- cream and
take in the views.
Parkgate is an old and interesting place.
During the 18th century, before the river silted up, Parkgate
was a busy passenger port for boats to Dublin. More
information about the history of Parkgate can be found on
the information panel by the seats.
11
Continue by walking with the seafront on your left,
taking the public footpath across the golf course. This
also crosses the Wirral Way and continues across the
path through a ‘tunnel’ of trees.
4a
The short cut path from across the golf course at
1a
past the Boathouse Inn and return to the car park.
joins in from the right. Continue on the path through the
trees until it brings you out onto the golf course itself.
Keep left along the line of the hedge for about 100
metres, to the gate.
5
Continue straight across the undulating field to the
next gate, over the footbridge and tree-lined stream. The
path rises up to the lane passing Backwood Hall Farm
and stables. Continue ahead, along the track with open
fields either side, for a third of a mile to Boathouse Lane.
6
Cross this fast busy road with care to Wood Lane
opposite. This is also part of NCN 56 cycle route.
Deeside Estuary footpath
Enjoy an ice-cream at Parkgate
WALK 2 Parkgate & Gayton map
Key
Suggested walk route
Public Rights of Way:
Footpath
Bridleway
Byway
Permissive Routes:
Footpath
Bridleway
Cyclepath and part of Wirral Circula
FP1
Public rights of way number
Railway station
Residential
Country parks/public open spaces
Rivers/streams
Accessible ponds
Bus stops
Car park
Public houses
Cafe
Toilets
KIOSK
Kiosk
Viewpoint
Information
Picnic site
Church
Wirral Circular Trail
Wirral Council boundary
3
2
ne
e La
ottag
C
steps
3a
Golf
ACCESS TO
Club
WIRRAL WAY
House
Gayton
e
Well Lan
Gayton
Farm Road
Gayton
well
WIRRAL WAY
FP3
4
Tunnel
of trees
Golf
Course
FP2
4a
kissing
gate
kissing
gate
gate
1a
FP1
Golf
s
wn tree
windblo
gate
gate
seat
Course
5
WIRRAL
gate
E WEST
CHESHIR STER
& CHE
Backwood
Hall Farm
gate
FP 2
Start & Finish
1
steps
seat
The
Boathouse
Inn
gate
6
Boathou
se Lane
Lane
ouse
oath
B
E
CL
CY
E
UT
RO
56
Y
WA
AL
RR
WI
kissing
gate
stile
FP8
Wood Lane
The Parade
Bevyl Road
FP69
FP7
11
7
FP7
ne
La
ook
Br
Gayton Sands RSPB
Nature Reserve
Brooklands R
d
A
WIRRAL
0
M53
8
Parkgate
Wood Lane
FP5
0.5
Approx. 10-15 minutes walk
�½ mile
1
Km
0
10
Little Lane
9
Playing
Field
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