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View of Silver Jubilee Bridge – Spike Island Park loop from Widnes

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View of Silver Jubilee Bridge – Spike Island Park loop from Widnes

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View of Silver Jubilee Bridge – Spike Island Park loop from Widnes

02:22

37.6km

130m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 19.9 km for 230 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.87 km

View of Silver Jubilee Bridge

Highlight • Monument

The Silver Jubilee Bridge (originally the Runcorn–Widnes Bridge or informally the Runcorn Bridge) crosses the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap between Runcorn and Widnes in Halton, England. It is a through arch bridge with a main arch span of 361 yards (330 m). It was opened in 1961 as a replacement for the Widnes–Runcorn Transporter Bridge. In 1975–77 the carriageway was widened, after which the bridge was given its official name in honour of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. It carries the A533 road and a cantilevered footway. The bridge is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The bridge was closed to vehicles for refurbishment upon the opening of the new Mersey Gateway Bridge, but reopened as a toll bridge in February 2021.

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4.68 km

Spike Island Park

Highlight • Settlement

Spike Island is a park in Widnes, Halton, North-West England. It is an artificial island between the Sankey Canal and the estuary of the River Mersey containing parkland, woodland, wetlands and footpaths. It is next to the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, an interactive science and technology museum.

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6.37 km

Trans Pennine Trail – Mersey Gateway Bridge Crossing

Highlight • Bridge

The Trans Pennine Trail is a coast-to-coast route across the entire breadth of England from Southport to Hornsea. It is well signposted and a walk or cycle could use all or part of the Trail in either direction. Some sections are also suitable for horse riding. The Mersey section follows the routes of many of the areas historic transport links: the disused Timperley-Garston and Cheshire Lines railways, the Manchester Ship Canal, the Runcorn-Latchford (Black Bear) Canal, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and the St Helens Canal.

Although it is now disused, the St Helens Canal used to be known as the Sankey Canal and was the first canal of the industrial revolution. It was built to transport coal to the chemical industries in Liverpool. These industries subsequently expanded and spread back along the canal to St Helens itself.

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9.02 km

The Ferry Tavern

Highlight • Viewpoint

The FerryTavern
Olde English pub on the banks of the River Mersey along the Trans Pennine Trail serving great beer,live music and home to the world famous Ferry fish & chips.

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12.7 km

Sankey Brook

Lake

15.3 km

Mersey Viaduct Railway Bridges

Highlight • Bridge

Great looking bridges - impressive section

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20.2 km

Latchford Locks

Highlight • River

Short detour from The Trans Pennine trail

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23.6 km

Walton Lock

Highlight • Structure

It is a small channel just off the Manchester Ship Canal At Stockton Heath.
It is a lock with 3 gates and various manual pulling systems dotted around the site to mechanically open/close the gates.
I looked in Emapping Cheshire and an aerial photo of the site in the 70’s shows that the other side of the locks was a waterway that fed into the River Mersey.
That section was the Runcorn and Latchford Canal, it is closed off now and vanishes in the mass of undergrowth at the lock section.

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29.2 km

The Ferry Tavern

Highlight • River

One of Warrington's oldest pubs, with a superb setting on its own island nestled between the River Mersey and the Sankey to Saint Helen's canal.

Enjoy a bite to eat with beautiful views of the waterways and the local bird and wildlife.

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37.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.1 km

10.1 km

9.22 km

3.64 km

1.05 km

442 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.5 km

12.6 km

7.56 km

1.28 km

1.26 km

381 m

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View of Silver Jubilee Bridge – Spike Island Park loop from Widnes

View of Silver Jubilee Bridge

Spike Island Park

Trans Pennine Trail – Mersey Gateway Bridge Crossing

The Ferry Tavern

Mersey Viaduct Railway Bridges

Latchford Locks

Walton Lock

The Ferry Tavern

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