Royal Liver Building – Royal Albert Dock Liverpool loop from Southport

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Royal Liver Building – Royal Albert Dock Liverpool loop from Southport

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Royal Liver Building – Royal Albert Dock Liverpool loop from Southport

04:16

74.3km

140m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 36.5 km for 246 m

After 47.0 km for 104 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.4 km

Formby End of the Cheshire Lines Path

Highlight • Beach

lovely ride around the coast

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16.9 km

Sefton Coast Cycleway by Altcar Training Camp

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This pathway and cycle route becomes overgrown with vegetation. The council implement emergency closures for up to two weeks to cut back the vegetation. Publicity for the closures is very poor. The official council position is that there is no alternative route. Closures are normally in June and Autumn.

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35.7 km

Mersey Ferry Terminal – Liverpool Pier Head

Highlight • Viewpoint

Ferry terminal with Fab 4 Cafe on the waterfront of Liverpool. Good starting point for exploring the Wirral peninsula.

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35.8 km

The Beatles Statue

Highlight • Historical Site

Great photo opportunity as the fab four are sculpted larger than life.

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36.0 km

Royal Liver Building

Highlight • Historical Site

The Royal Liver Building has shaped Liverpool's cityscape for more than a century. The 90 meter high building was built in 1911 and was an architectural sensation at the time. Together with the Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building, it is one of the so-called Three Graces, one of the city's landmarks.

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36.6 km

Canning Half Tide Dock

Lake

37.2 km

Royal Albert Dock Liverpool

Highlight • Historical Site

Liverpool is one of the cities whose charm you only recognize at second glance. If you take your time and maybe even have luck with the weather, the beautiful and special aspects of the working-class city will gradually show up.

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37.8 km

Wapping Dock

Lake

51.7 km

Crosby Beach (Blundellsands)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Free parking at the Sports Centre car park (Mariners Drive) makes a good starting point. The path along the front is wide and flat all the way to the Coast Guard Office. Then you are in undulating sand dunes until you get to Hightown. A little cycle through Hightown and you get on the cycle path past Altcar Rifle Range and eventually land in Formby. Here you can turn around or carry on through Formby towards Freshfields Station and join the cycle path down Fishermans Path and Ainsdale Woods. This path eventually brings you out on the Ainsdale coast road and you can cycle all the way to Southport off the road.

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70.3 km

View of Southport Beach at Sunset

Highlight • Beach

Southport beach really does boast some of the most amazing views of the coast.

With long sandy beaches and a coast-line that stretches 22 miles across Sefton, you can soak up the panoramic view of golden sands and admire the beauty of the coast!

Southport beach has one of the most unique natural environments in the country.

The resort’s beach is home to many thousands of wading birds returning from their northern breeding grounds at the end of the summer

It’s the gateway to the coast and the Ribble Estuary and a place where the coast & countryside connect in one of the most amazing ways.

If you enjoy cycling you will fall in love with the paths and trails along this stretch of beach.

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