Description
Slight adjustment to beginning, using paths past Newton Lake and Castle Hill
Slight adjustment to beginning, using paths past Newton Lake and Castle Hill
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The narrowest part of the path is 50.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking East 21.0% (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking West 12.0% (1)
The steepest camber gradient across the path 5.0% (1)
How clear is the waymarking on the route: Unclear in places (1)
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Newton-le-Willows
Grid Ref
SJ5934695344
Lat / Lon
53.45329° / -2.61366°
Easting / Northing
359,346E / 395,344N
What3Words
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Golborne
Grid Ref
SJ6045597911
Lat / Lon
53.47645° / -2.59729°
Easting / Northing
360,455E / 397,911N
What3Words
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Newton-le-Willows | |
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Grid Ref | SJ5934695344 |
Lat / Lon | 53.45329° / -2.61366° |
Easting / Northing | 359,346E / 395,344N |
What3Words | runners.incorrect.quest |
Golborne | |
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Grid Ref | SJ6045597911 |
Lat / Lon | 53.47645° / -2.59729° |
Easting / Northing | 360,455E / 397,911N |
What3Words | fields.purple.ashes |
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reviews
Gismay
05 Dec 2024This is a nice short walk taking in a good mix of town and countryside walking including paved, woodland and lakeside trails. There were a couple of points where the walking surface was a bit wrecked (broken boarding) and you need to cross the busy (and fast) A580 but all in all a good varied route.
Mary Oz
01 Dec 2024Leaving Newton-le-Willows station we soon escaped the busy roads to the quiet and pretty Newton Lake, where the path was tarmac, then woodland, then a well-used field path. Crossing under the motorway alongside a stream, there were a few steps, and some slightly dilapidated, but still safe, boardwalk, and the metal netting on the surface prevented it from being slippery.
After some more woodland we came out onto a country road with a pavement along it, where we passed the entrance to the golf club, with a nice cottage. Crossing the A580 was manageable, but not pleasant. It was busy with fast cars, but there was an island between the carriageways.
We passed a side entrance to Haydock Racecourse then left the residential street for a path alongside a stream, and we were soon into Golborne, which had some useful shops, pubs and cafés.
Another unexpectedly green and pleasant walk between urban areas.
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Hiking Historian
31 Dec 2023A fairly straightforward route, with a good mix of footpaths and road walks on pavements.
Walked in reverse from Golborne to Newton-le-Willows. From the small square in the centre of Golborne, we take a few roads before joining a tarmac footpath that runs along the fence of a school. It eventually becomes earthern, and, once over a footbridge, it runs alongside a brook, and can be muddy in places.
The footpath joins a residential road, and from here, it's pavements all the way. There's a busy crossroads to negotiate, where there is a crossing, but you do have to time it right. The road ahead is shaded by trees, and can be covered in wet leaves in autumn and winter.
Before the motorway bridge, there's a footpath that runs through the woods. It's a nice walk away from the road, and we pass the old motte of Newton's own castle. Down a few steps (almost a slope in places), and a tunnel under the motorway takes us onto a boardwalk and onto a field beyond.
A footpath follows the shoreline of Newton Lake (mostly dry here, although the path can be muddy), before entering the woods and along the lakeside. Nearing the end, we walk along the top of the dam until we reach the road beyond, and then to the station.
A foot-only route owing to some steps and sometimes muddy footpaths. Both ends are well-served by public transport and shops.
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