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Mersey Valley Timberland Trail

21.7 miles (35 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This walk runs from Lymm to Runcorn, following the Bridgewater canal for much of the route.
The trail starts off on the canal at Spud Wood just outside Lymm. You then head through the pretty town and around Lymm Dam before rejoining the Bridgewater Canal to Appleton Park where the trail takes you alongside Appleton Reservoir. A couple of pleasant woodland sections take you to Daresbury with the final leg passing through Runcorn and finishing on Runcorn Hill.

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Mersey Valley Timberland Trail OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Mersey Valley Timberland Trail Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

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Photos

Sandymoor - Keckwick Viaduct

Sandymoor. Railway Viaduct near Keckwick Railway viaduct over the Keckwick Brook from the Mersey Valley Trail

View from Bridgewater Canal Towpath at Keckwick - geograph.org.uk - 737568

View from Bridgewater Canal Towpath at Keckwick. View over the fields to Fiddler's Ferry powerstation from the towpath of the Bridgewater Canal at Keckwick. On the railway embankment, visible in the foreground, is the local line train while out of sight in the valley below run the Keckwick brook and the West Coast Main Line, the electric power lines of which are just visible.

GPS Files

GPX File

Mersey Valley Timberland Trail.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Mersey Valley Timberland Trail.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)