Good Routes in Liverpool/Warrington?

[veeeffarr]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone knows any good biking routes in Liverpool/Warrington that are good for about an hour or 2's blat?

Every time I've gone out I've gone through congested roads with loads of traffics lights or dual carridgeways.

Also, had a scary situation where I nearly got onto a motorway once, do they just come out of the blue usually? I found once I was on the road there was little I could do to get off.

Thanks,

Toby

[nrml76]

The A49 / A51 to Nantwich is about 1 hour from Warrington, if you go at a leisurely pace. You could nip into J&S at Northwich for some gear on the way back. It is reasonably quiet in the late morning /early afternoon and weekends.

[impaler]

I agree with nrml76 - I lived in Warrington for a year (it was where I did my test in fact) and I always headed south into Cheshire on the A49 when I wanted a non-congested ride out. You can then either head for Northwich, or head west into Wales and back through Chester.

One thing's for sure - don't head west or east

Whereabouts did you have your run-in with the stealth motorway?
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[veeeffarr]

Liverpool around the Aintree/Childwall area.

[impaler]

Maybe it was the start of the M62... that is one of the least well signed junctions I've ever seen in my entire life, especially at night.

I've always wondered how come it starts at junction 4 too - where the hell did they expect 1, 2 and 3 to be, in the Irish Sea?!
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[innominate]

Ahh teh goold ole massive roundabout onto the M58 (where the M57 & the M58 meet)
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[yambabe]

Depends what time of day/night you are thinking of going Toby.

The A49 is indeed a cracking ride once you get south of Warrington, in the summer you could ride down to the Stormy Petrel maybe for the bike meet (I think it's a Thursday). Taking the A41, A51 or A54 off it is OK too.

Or head off up the A59 through Ormskirk, then turn off & explore any of the little roads in that area which is kind of a triangle of Ormskirk, Southport and Formby.

Head out on the A55 towards N Wales, take pretty much any of the B roads north or the A525 at St Asaph then find your way towards the A494 and come back via Mold.

A56 thru Frodsham & Helsby isn't bad, go back through Delamere Forest and experience the humps!

A537 from Poplar Services (Lymm) to Chelford, via High Legh and Knutsford, is quite a good road as well. You can call in the Ducati shop for a browse!

A675 from Bolton past Belmont is cool, loads of little single-tracks there to explore and a lot of them lead to Rivi Barn eventually, lots of reservoirs and scenery and stuff.

Only tip would be don't go East, it's shite on a 125 cos you need the motorways to get anywhere good once you're close to Manchester!
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[iCraig]

Well Toby R your not too far away from the Cat and Fiddle where you are, and thats one hell of a ride, if you couple it with the A54 and make it a total round trip.

Also the A50 is the road where the Ducati shop is not the A537 babyyam. You should know that cos your other half blasts down it if I remember rightly.

Also why not venture into North Wales, one of my favourite roads is near Llangollen, the A539, I call it the road of death. Its nearly had me off a few times cos the corners are right angles and come from no where but its so much fun, just ask Shaun he scrapes his shit on that road and even goes off road on it too.

[yambabe]

[veeeffarr]

Where abouts is the Cat and Fiddle?

I've been to Ducati Manchester (In Warrington strangely lol) and it's awesome!

Just had a shit ride back from work so not really in the mood at the moment!

[iCraig]

The A537 or Cat and Fiddle is the road between Macclesfield and Buxton, and gets its name from the Pub atop it. The highest pub in England IIRC.

[nrml76]

It's the road to Macclesfield.

[yambabe]

Cat & Fiddle is also on the A537, but you have to go through Macclesfiled and out the other side.
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