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Merseyside
Slow Ways linking Billinge and Ashton-in-Makerfield, Haydock, Orrell, Rainford, Skelmersdale, St Helens, Wigan
England / Merseyside / Billinge
Billinge’s seven Slow Ways are 36% checked
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Walk to Billinge from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Billinge—Ashton-in-Makerfield
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Bilash one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 54m | Descent 93m | ||
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Billinge—Haydock
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Bilhay one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 56m | Descent 88m | ||
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Billinge—Orrell
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Bilorr one |
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3 X |
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Review me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 74m | Descent 70m | ||
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Billinge—Wigan
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Bilwig one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/5mi | Ascent 78m | Descent 128m | ||
Billinge—Wigan
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Bilwig two |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent - | Descent - | |
Billinge—Wigan
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Bilwig three |
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3 X |
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Review me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent - | Descent - | |
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Billinge—Wigan
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Bilwig four |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 81m | Descent 124m | ||
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Rainford—Billinge
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Raibil one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 100m | Descent 56m | ||
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Skelmersdale—Billinge
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Skebil one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 42m | Descent 68m | ||
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St Helens—Billinge
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Sthbill one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 7km/5mi | Ascent 93m | Descent 37m | |
St Helens—Billinge
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Sthbill two |
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3 X |
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Verify me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 85m | Descent 28m |
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Collective progress
45% of Billinge’s seven route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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4 people have contributed to Billinge’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
3 people have surveyed a route in Billinge
49km out of 91km have been walked and reviewed
66km of reviews have been shared in Billinge
Latest Updates
One could go down Beacon Road, then turn left down the footpath and follow the perimeter of the housing estate but that's unnecessary deviation....
Andrew Dowd
You would need to walk back along the Poolstock Bypass to cross safely at a crossing otherwise you'd be walking across a dual carriageway. Eckersley/Trencherfield Mill complex is still closed at the back due to an unsafe wall and building meaning the footpath requires a longer walk round to get through....
Andrew Dowd
The exit onto Wynstanley Road/Ashton Road is through a gap in the hedge, which seems to be the route used by locals, rather than the Right of Way path, and is safer if you are walking north. Parsons Meadow was pleasant and the final walk into Wigan was interesting, passing Wigan Pier, and the railway themed Wigan Central pub....
Mary Oz
Crossing Winstanley Road/Ashton Road just south of the M6 could have been a bit dangerous as the footpath emerges onto the inside of a bend on a road where the traffic is quite fast....
Mary Oz
The second part (after the road crossing) was a bit more isolated and it was necessary, as defined, to leave the canal where the route was blocked for footpath improvements which seem a long time coming. Hinkley Road (residential) was nice enough, but it’s a pity the footpath through The Burgies appears to be unavailable....
Mary Oz
But in rural Merseyside, the ramps vanish and, in places, the pavement is narrow or overgrown. A pleasant enough and straightforward route, albeit for foot only, but hardly exciting....
Hiking Historian
Only Carr Mill makes it awkward for wheeled users, but otherwise a goid route....
Hiking Historian
Hiking Historian added Sthbill two, a new walk from St Helens to Billinge
Walk this routeFirst, from St Helens, the route is very road-heavy, when there's a perfectly good footpath running alongside the old canal; second, the footpath through The Burgies doesn't exist; third, an inexplicable spike to Carr Mill pub, rather than just crossing the road; and fourth, another road walk, when Carr Mill Woods are right next to it with nice shady footpaths. I've amended the route to take in these changes....
Hiking Historian
Slow Ways added Bilash one, a new walk from Billinge to Ashton-in-Makerfield
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Skebil one, a new walk from Skelmersdale to Billinge
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Sthbill one, a new walk from St Helens to Billinge
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Billinge’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SJ5283099907
Lat / Lon
53.49376° / -2.71246°
Easting / Northing
352,830E / 399,907N
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