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The Ferry Tavern – Spike Island Park loop from Runcorn East

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The Ferry Tavern – Spike Island Park loop from Runcorn East

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The Ferry Tavern – Spike Island Park loop from Runcorn East

02:58

47.0km

180m

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: May 1, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 22.4 km for 230 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.11 km

Mersey Viaduct Railway Bridges

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Great looking bridges - impressive section

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9.46 km

Walton Lock

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It is a small channel just off the Manchester Ship Canal At Stockton Heath.
It is a lock with 3 gates and various manual pulling systems dotted around the site …

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13.7 km

Trans Pennine Trail

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Lovely forested off-road packed trail under trees with some bridges overhead. Some bits with loose chunky gravel but nice and flat all along.

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17.5 km

Lymm Memorial Forest

Forest

29.7 km

Sankey Brook

Lake

33.3 km

The Ferry Tavern

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The FerryTavern
Olde English pub on the banks of the River Mersey along the Trans Pennine Trail serving great beer,live music and home to the world famous Ferry fish & chips.

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35.9 km

Trans Pennine Trail – Mersey Gateway Bridge Crossing

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The Trans Pennine Trail is a coast-to-coast route across the entire breadth of England from Southport to Hornsea. It is well signposted and a walk or cycle could use all …

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37.6 km

Spike Island Park

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Spike Island is a park in Widnes, Halton, North-West England. It is an artificial island between the Sankey Canal and the estuary of the River Mersey containing parkland, woodland, wetlands …

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38.7 km

Silver Jubilee Bridge

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The Silver Jubilee Bridge over the River Mersey and Runcorn Ship Canal is known locally as the Runcorn Bridge. It's a through arch bridge, which opened in 1961, replacing the …

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38.9 km

Runcorn Silver Jubilee Bridge

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Access to the bridge from Widnes only via Westbank path (close to Trans Pennine)

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43.8 km

Fountains Wood

Forest

47.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.7 km

15.9 km

4.54 km

2.79 km

2.72 km

432 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.5 km

13.2 km

6.19 km

4.78 km

371 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 5 July

22°C

16°C

11 %

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The Ferry Tavern – Spike Island Park loop from Runcorn East

Mersey Viaduct Railway Bridges

Walton Lock

Trans Pennine Trail

The Ferry Tavern

Trans Pennine Trail – Mersey Gateway Bridge Crossing

Spike Island Park

Silver Jubilee Bridge

Runcorn Silver Jubilee Bridge

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