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On reaching the roundabout onto the A553 (Conway Street) from Birkenhead Central Station, it is worth crossing the A553 to the north side before walking along it. On the south side you are forced to walk through the bus station and away from the road before diverting back to it. There are several grand old municipal buildings along this road as well as some modern ones.
The route soon passes the grand entrance to Birkenhead Park, but continues along the pavement outside the edge of the park until turning away from it towards the docks. This is a really interesting area, with great views from the wonderful lift bridge towards Birkenhead Docks and Liverpool. Also, we saw cockles and a jellyfish.
Just before passing The Breck (small parkland) there are steps down and there is a glimpse of North Wales from the top. The route then follows a busy shopping street to the station end point.
This route was nicer than I was expecting it to be, my favourite bit being the docks lift bridge (despite the current scaffolding).

I started this route from Birkenhead. A the start of the walk there are plenty of interesting old buildings, particularly after joining Conway Street which takes you past Birkenhead Park. My only quibble with the whole route was where it gets to the bus station. We followed the route into the building, you can't go around. The way back on to the road is slightly circuitous. Had the plotting suggested the other side of the road, it would have helped. The route turns past the train station which is on Duke Street. There are numerous road crossings along here which require care. We stopped at the bridge to admire the view in both directions. Having crossed into Poulton the route becomes residential. As you get to Breck Road, you start to see some historic Wallasey houses, including the old grammar school and you also get a view from the escarpment out to the west. It's not far from there to the stops, shops and station of Wallasey Grove Road where the meeting place is. Overall the route is direct, functional and safe with some interesting bits, lots of shops and links to transport. Definitely one I'd walk again.

I walked this route from Wallasey to Birkenhead. There’s nothing *wrong* with it, and it’s reasonably safe, direct, and accessible. It’s just not particularly quiet or scenic!

There’s roughly four segments, going from Wallasey to Birkenhead.

The first follows a relatively big A road for a bit (first picture). Along here, there’s a short diversion from the route to go to the top of a grassy hill called the Breck. I went up expecting a view, but it wasn’t exactly gorgeous (second picture). Note there's a staircase to climb just after the Brek (third picture).

The next segment follows quiet residential streets. It was quite interesting to check out the historic rows of brick terraced housing in this stretch (fourth picture).

From the A59 overpass to Birkenhead Park, the route passes through some pretty heavy industrial sites. I never felt unwelcome (like, the route always followed real footpaths and pavements), but it was clearly not a space built for people travelling on foot (fifth picture). The bridge was cool (sixth picture)!

The final segment was back along a major roads around Birkenhead, with generous pavements and occasional shops. I hopped off the route for a bit to explore Birkenhead Park, said to have inspired New York’s Central Park (seventh picture).

A completely urban pavement route linking the two towns. Passes through residential and industrial areas, but, for the most part, is accessible. Also pass a memorial to mountaineer Alan Rouse (1951-1986), who grew up locally.

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