Skebil two

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A good combination of urban and rural footpaths. Despite lots of good paths, the paths through the fields make it foot-only.

From Skelmersdale Concourse, with its shops and transport links, we take the footbridge over the main road and join the tarmac footpath heading south. Under a couple of subways, we follow a paved road through Tawd Bridge. Another subway, and we follow paved walkways through the closely-packed houses, passing a shop and under a jetty to the road. Across the road, a tarmac footpath into some trees, and a subway under the motorway bring us into Pimbo.

Despite the hum of factories and the nearby road, the pavement run through trees and a massive grass verge, so it's easy to forget we're walking through an industrial estate. At the end, we turn onto an unpaved road which becomes a farm track. Continuing across a level crossing, at the next junction we turn right along the edge of the field (don't follow the path into and through the trees; it's a dead-end passing an woodland playground). It can be a bit overgrown and wet, but we soon hit the road.

Almost straight away, we join another farm track, which becomes a footpath running through a field of corn. Another road to cross, and another footpath across a field, before heading into and through woods. At the end, it becomes a farm track running past Billinge Hall.

A short stretch of unpaved road and we're onto another footpath across a field. Eventually we come to a footbridge*, and a path running alongside trees until we follow it around the farm at the end. Onto an unpaved, but dead-end, road, we pass a few old houses and farms. From the next junction, paved roads to the centre of Billinge, with its shops and transport links.

A good walk through some nice countryside, and even the urban paths are good!

* at time of survey, the footbridge was out, but is being replaced. Ditch isn't too hard to negotiate without it.

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