The first section of the walk follows the pavement of the busy Chester Road and then a turning left through a residential area sets you on to a quiet lane with farmland and then Helsby Golf Course, either side of you. Heading through Dunham on the Hill, things picked up majorly and would have stayed that way had I been able to stay on the quiet and pretty Village Road and then the peaceful Barrow Lane as far as Morley Lane. Morley Lane required caution as it there is some road walking needed but sightlines are clear and I was not the only road user on foot. Passing the church and then St Plegmunds's Well in Plemstall, all was set for an easy navigation to the greenway into Chester. I retraced my steps and made my way via Plemstall Lane and Plemstall Way. Much like the swarm of bees earlier, cyclists seemed to gather in Station Lane to join the Chester Millennium Greenway. And so I started another 5 star section of the walk which took me to the destination in Chester....

David Sanderson

The path between Godscroft Hall and Hatley Farm is overgrown to the point of impassable. With this failure, I switched to Helfro 2 which uses Godscrof/Hatley Lane. It seems the local pedestrians all use this option too (the motorists were all considerate), which might explain the overgrown path....

David Sanderson

Just one section of road walking, which was well used by other pedestrians, had good lines of sight and drivers were all considerate....

David Sanderson

It starts off very promising - Frodsham is a lovely (dog friendly) town, and to start with, the route is along well surfaced and pleasant paths....

Dannywith

Into Little Barrow, yet another short stretch of unpaved road, albeit with wide verges, before crossing more fields. Another stretch of quiet unpaved road follows, before using footpaths through fields of cattle to Dunham-on-the-Hill....

Hiking Historian

As I've said, a foot-only route, due to the terrain, but a pleasant country route, only somewhat marred by heavy industry at the edge of civilisation....

Hiking Historian

Although the map roughly gives the route, it's nowhere near detailed enough to follow on the ground....

Hiking Historian

A good rural route between two villages, although use of footpaths across fields with gates and kissing gates make it a foot-only route....

Hiking Historian

A track along a brook (tarmac with soil and mud in places) brings us to the main road, where we cross and head down another unpaved country road. A good rural route between two villages, although use of footpaths across fields with gates and kissing gates make it a foot-only route....

Hiking Historian

Section of footpath from Godscroft Cottages to Hatley House is very rarely walked so path is vague. Some sections very muddy when I walked it, will be easier going in Summer. A few stiles to navigate....

fejling

Mickle Trafford to Plemstall Church: quiet roads, some with pavements. Primrose Lane to Helsby: pavements, initially on quiet roads then alongside the very busy Chester Road....

walker99

The route was walked from Chester (The Cross) to the Helsby (row of shops on the Chester Road including Post Office) on Friday 18.06.2021 (late morning/ afternoon) – joined by two friends for the whole route. At Mickle Trafford there is the option of resting and taking refreshments at Meadow Lee Farm Coffee Shop on Station Lane. This includes a short section along the B5132 from Wildmoor Lane to Rose Farm which has no pavement and requires crossing a narrow road bridge. It was felt that the section between Chester and Mickle Trafford is accessible to most users being city streets then purpose-built greenway with no obvious barriers. In the row of shops that mark the end of the current Slow Way on Chester Road (Helsby) there was a café (The Old Bank Tea Rooms) which although closing, once they realised that we had walked from Chester, very kindly kept open and provided hot drinks and cakes. The walk along the Chester Road (A56) in Helsby felt unpleasant and a possible alternative could be to follow Robin Hood Lane northwards from Latham Avenue to emerge at the Chester Road closer the row of shops/ Post Office and tea rooms....

Peregrinating Paul