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Lancashire
Slow Ways linking Ormskirk and Burscough, Downholland, Maghull, Skelmersdale, Stanley Gate
England / Lancashire / Ormskirk
Ormskirk’s five Slow Ways are 60% checked
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Walk to Ormskirk from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Downholland—Ormskirk
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Doworm one |
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4 X |
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Review me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 78m | Descent 49m | ||
Maghull—Ormskirk
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Magorm one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 111m | Descent 88m | |
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Maghull—Ormskirk
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Magorm two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 12km/7mi | Ascent 123m | Descent 100m | ||
Ormskirk—Burscough
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Ormbur one |
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5 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 25m | Descent 44m | ||
Ormskirk—Burscough
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Ormbur two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
Ormskirk—Skelmersdale
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Ormske one |
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3 X |
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Review me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 87m | Descent 72m | |
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Ormskirk—Stanley Gate
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Ormsta one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 6km/3mi | Ascent 46m | Descent 15m |
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Collective progress
64% of Ormskirk’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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9 people have contributed to Ormskirk’s Slow Ways
2 people have pledged to walk and review a route
3 people have surveyed a route in Ormskirk
57km out of 57km have been walked and reviewed
88km of reviews have been shared in Ormskirk
Latest Updates
Turning onto an unpaved road once we're beyond Ruff Wood, it becomes paved around the corner as we're passing houses. It's best to use the tarmacced path through Kiln Park (again the route map and OS maps show footpaths where there aren't really any across just grass), and past the school and church, onto paved roads once more. A few more roads, and we join a tarmac footpath heading uphill and under the jetties of houses. Once over the footbridge, a tarmac footpath up to the houses, where we join another footpath that takes us past the amphitheatre and, once over a little bridge, up past the playgrounds and onto the paved plateau of the library and Concourse, with its shops and bus station, and this route's terminus....
Hiking Historian
Much of the route follows shared use paths so it's a nice way to cycle between Ormskirk and Burscough but less confident cyclists may choose to stay on the pavement along High Lane....
Mike Nolan
Mike Nolan added Ormbur two, a new walk from Ormskirk to Burscough
Walk this routeThe least accessible section - which follows the old railway out of Ormskirk station and is heavily overgrown with some steep steps up to the bridge - can be bypassed through Waterworks Road or Nursery Avenue to Greetby Hill....
Mike Nolan
After a third of a mile, we're back into fields, before ending on the main road near Stanley Gate, a big pub on a busy crossroads. And those wishing to avoid the unpaved section should continue along Ormskirk Road from Scarth Hill; it's paved all the way to Stanley Gate....
Hiking Historian
Staying on until the bridge at Lydiate, up the steps and over the bridge (unpaved), and then through Lydiate, passing the Weld Blundell pub and shops. Past houses and farms, the path is a mix of footpath and farm track, passing Walsh Hall until we meet the road....
Hiking Historian
Agree with the previous reviewer: the route from Maghull to the canal isn't detailed enough, and it is much better to stay on the canal until Lydiate rather than come off early and start a road walk....
Hiking Historian
Hiking Historian added Magorm two, a new walk from Maghull to Ormskirk
Walk this routeThis is a wonderful walk, but be warned that the signposting at the Downholland end is non existent, and the wiggle through various buildings is also not signposted. If I go back I will try and put up some photos to help....
Nicola van Rijsbergen
Plenty interesting things to see like old railway track beds and nice countryside between Skelmersdale and Ormskirk. Can be a bit muddy in places....
Magellan76
Part of the walk is along a disused railway line which has been designated as a public footpath and named The Smith Way....
Eric Wilson
Mostly a wander along an old railway (at time of writing, blocked in places by fallen trees), and across some fields, often wet and muddy. That said, it's a good way of connecting the two places; just a shame it excludes wheeled users....
Hiking Historian
The footpath that starts in Sandy Lane actually finishes in Pygons Hill Lane where you have to turn right (not left!) to get to Sudell Lane....
Slow Ways added Doworm one, a new walk from Downholland to Ormskirk
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Ormbur one, a new walk from Ormskirk to Burscough
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Ormske one, a new walk from Ormskirk to Skelmersdale
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Ormsta one, a new walk from Ormskirk to Stanley Gate
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Ormskirk’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SD4174008408
Lat / Lon
53.56904° / -2.88119°
Easting / Northing
341,740E / 408,408N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Ormskirk's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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