Dollys Bridge Circuit - 5 1/2 miles

Culcheth Linear Park
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With your back to the Ranger Cabin (1) Turn right following the Park until you pass under the Farm Bridge. After 250m you will arrive at a footpath that crosses the Park (2) Turn left. Follow the path across the field and by a ditch until you meet a track and path cross roads. Join the track and carry straight on passing part of an old hedge (3) on your right. Follow the track, then path until you reach Kenyon Lane. Cross the road and follow a path by the side of Kenyon Pumping Station (4) for about 150m then turn right through the trees to follow the path by the edge of the field. Cross a track (5) and carry straight across this field towards the right hand side of a tree. Turn right at the field edge until a large gap in the hedge is reached, then turn left and head for the road and Dollys Bridge (6). Turn right onto the road over the bridge after 300m, turn right and cross the fields by the stiles provided heading towards Johnsons Farm (7). Turn right past a few houses cross the road, then over a stile by a field hedge until you reach the main road “East Lancs” (8). Turn right here and follow the pavement for 350m until you can turn right again, just before the bridge over the old railway. Follow a ditch for 200m then turn back on yourself (9) following the field edge past a pond until you reach the road, cross the road and go over the railway past Kenyon Nursery (10) until a footpath sign in a bush (11) on the left is reached. Follow this by the hedge until you reach the crossroads you passed earlier, turn left here and return to the Park.

For more information contact the Culcheth Ranger on 01925 765064.