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Date: 09 Jun 2023
Start / Finish: Burscough Bridge station.
Maps: Explorer 285: Southport & Chorley.
| Day 1 | Wetlands and Waterways Loop | 15 miles (23km) |
A few photos from a single day walk of the Wetlands and Waterways Loop (WWL) route that, according to Visit Sefton, takes you around some of the flattest land in west Lancashire. Pretty cottages, nature reserves and quaint waterside pubs are just some of the things you can see along the way.
The route passes Martin Mere, a site of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, where a visit makes a delightful addition to the route.
The route is not specifically waymarked with its own logo. A couple of minor points to assist:-
At SD 43670 13215 near Monks Farm, the fingerpost points along the clear direct footpath north-west to Martin Mere, but this route heads south-west across fields on a path that is not initially obvious (in the first photo below, the path line is between the two crop fields, one furrowed and the other growing a cereal).
At SD 44910 15728 in Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve, the line is slightly altered from the Visit Sefton route where a notice is posted about a brief closed section of path.
