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Slow Ways linking Rainford and Billinge, Eccleston, Kirkby, Maghull, Skelmersdale, St Helens, Stanley Gate
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Rainford’s seven Slow Ways are 39% checked
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Walk to Rainford from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Kirkby—Rainford
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Kirkrai one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 12km/7mi | Ascent 63m | Descent 45m | |
Kirkby—Rainford
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Kirkrai two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 56m | Descent 38m | ||
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Maghull—Rainford
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Magrai one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 17km/11mi | Ascent 88m | Descent 69m | |
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Maghull—Rainford
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Magrai two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 17km/11mi | Ascent 94m | Descent 75m | ||
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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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Rainford—Eccleston
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Raiecc one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 39m | Descent 36m | ||
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Rainford—Eccleston
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Raiecc two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 51m | Descent 46m | ||
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Rainford—Skelmersdale
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Raiske one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 49m | Descent 31m | ||
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Rainford—St Helens
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Raisth one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 58m | Descent 69m | ||
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Stanley Gate—Rainford
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Starai one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 9km/5mi | Ascent 74m | Descent 41m |
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Collective progress
43% of Rainford’s seven route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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1 people have contributed to Rainford’s Slow Ways
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0 people have surveyed a route in Rainford
80km out of 104km have been walked and reviewed
79km of reviews have been shared in Rainford
Latest Updates
The road at the end is paved, but we soon join a footpath that runs between a golf course....
Hiking Historian
Running alongside sportsfields and then the edge of a farm field, we soon meet the A570, where we cross (there is no crossing, so care is needed). Ahead, a series of farm tracks (muddy in places) past Mossborough Hall until we meet the Coach Road, which is wooded and mostly tarmac....
Hiking Historian
A good route, with a mixture of towpaths, footpaths and paved roads. At the end, we cross the road to join another footpath. A few more roads, before we join a tarmac footpath across Tower Hill Park....
Hiking Historian
The access from Flint Lane and Prescot Road has been blocked by new houses (it was never an official footpath here)....
Hiking Historian
Hiking Historian added Magrai two, a new walk from Maghull to Rainford
Walk this routeHere we join a farm track which eventually narrows into a footpath; both can be wet or muddy in places. It becomes an unpaved road towards the end, but unused by traffic, and at its end we join a paved road, where we quickly join another footpath after a short section of unpaved drive....
Hiking Historian
From the centre of Kirkby, with its shops and bus station, we cross the road at the roundabout, before entering Millbrook Millennium Green on a tarmac path, overlooking the river Alt below. The pavement does narrow in places to almost a kerb, but it's safe enough to use, and not a very busy road, but it is the best route, as all the surrounding footpaths have seemingly vanished!...
Hiking Historian
The footpath under the road bridge no longer exists, but there's a new footpath that runs close to the original course. The footpath to Grayson's Farm is supposed to here, but there's a locked gate, no signs and no trace of any used path across the ploughed out fields....
Hiking Historian
Hiking Historian added Kirkrai two, a new walk from Kirkby to Rainford
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Raiecc one, a new walk from Rainford to Eccleston
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Raiecc two, a new walk from Rainford to Eccleston
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Raiske one, a new walk from Rainford to Skelmersdale
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Raisth one, a new walk from Rainford to St Helens
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Starai one, a new walk from Stanley Gate to Rainford
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Rainford’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SD4779900848
Lat / Lon
53.50174° / -2.78844°
Easting / Northing
347,799E / 400,848N
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