Lunt Circular via River Alt

The walk starts from Lunt Village, Sefton and follows the anticlockwise circular route via River Alt, Cheshire Lines railtrack, River Alt and briefly Mersey Forest.

Technical sheet

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A Sefton walk posted on 02/12/20 by gfl57. Last update : 01/02/24
  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.93 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 2h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 5 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 5 m

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    Highest point: 8 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 2 m
  • ⚐
    District: Sefton 
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    Start/End: N 53.510857° / W 2.985274°

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Mersey Forest Bridge

Description

(S/E) Take Moor Lane north past the metal gate.

(1) Follow the path as it turns east. Continue on the main path as it turns north.

(2) Cross Shiowrick Bridge. If a field on the north side of the bridge is dry take steps down and cross the field to train line otherwise follow northside levee to the disused train line.

(3) Turn north on Chesire Lines disused railway line.

(4) Turn south west follow the track alongside Maghull Hey Croft watercourse.

(5) After pumping station takes the path to the top of River Alt levee and follow it south east. Take Showrick Bridge south over River Alt and follow the path south.

(6) At path, junction continue south.

(7) Take footbridge over Harrisons Brook and follow path briefly West before continuing south through the wood.

(8) Turn west along the path on the south side of the wood.

(9) Turn south on Moor Lane back to start.(S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 7 m - Start
  2. 1 : km 0.47 - alt. 3 m - Moor Lane
  3. 2 : km 0.93 - alt. 4 m - Shiowrick Bridge
  4. 3 : km 1.82 - alt. 7 m - Cheshire Line
  5. 4 : km 3.59 - alt. 6 m - Rail End
  6. 5 : km 5.52 - alt. 5 m - River Alt
  7. 6 : km 8.19 - alt. 4 m - Sefton
  8. 7 : km 8.42 - alt. 5 m - Harrisons Brook
  9. 8 : km 8.58 - alt. 8 m - Farm
  10. 9 : km 8.79 - alt. 6 m - Moor Again
  11. S/E : km 8.93 - alt. 7 m - End

Useful Information

Food and drink are available in Sefton and Thornton.
Parking at the start.
Bus 133 runs to Lunt village.
More details : http://www.graemelinford.com/walks/lunt_...

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

During the walk or to do/see around

River Alt
Mersey Forest
Cheshire Lines disused rail track

Reviews and comments

2.7 / 5
Based on 1 review

Clarity of route description
3 / 5
Clarity of route map
3 / 5
Walk interest
2 / 5
Delphinium
Delphinium

Hello, Walker 69 and gfl57,

Thank you for those valuable exchanges.

Indeed, for now, on Visorando it is possible to :
- automatically record the "on the ground" route with the Visorando mobile app to have the exact route (and get an exact GPX) and be able to describe it directly,
- upload a GPX file from another device,
- manually plan and play with the GPX with the route planner.

However, it is impossible to snap a route automatically. We are working on developing this feature as we just acquired Plotaroute which has it.
I am the one who moderated the walk and route and that day I apparently forgot to adjust the route. I apologise to both of you and adjusted the route.

Enjoy your walks !

gfl57
gfl57

"Routes are generally made up of a series of significant points along your path. (Routes are where you are going.) Tracks are made up of data gathered automatically from your motion while the GPS setting is turned ON. They provide a record of where you have been so you can later determine your path." - Garmin.com

Visorando walks are represented as routes, basically a series of straight lines. Visorando calculates the route length automatically. As the actual track walked is not usually straight lines there is bound to be a difference between track and route lengths.

Some walking apps attempt to dynamically map the route to actual paths on the ground in an attempt to reduce the "You have left the route" alerts.

Walker 69
Walker 69

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of walk : 27/01/24
Clarity of route description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Clarity of route map : ★★★☆☆ Average
Walk interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

The walk was ok for the exercise and being flat was not challenging. The landscape was quite dull which led us to think we won’t bother with it again. One thing we did discover was that the route length given was over a mile out which on a proposed 5mile ending at 6.3 miles is significant although within our capabilities. The problem appears to be that the route lines are straight however the paths and river banks are not and we were constantly pinged by the app telling us we were off route. More care when overlaying the route on theOS Map would help improve this.

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