Runcorn Hill Park
A short walk round an old sandstone quarry with views right across the Mersey. The stone ended up in Chester, Liverpool and even New York's docks.
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If you haven't been to Runcorn Hill, you really should. It's only a mile and a half to two miles, depending which way you go, but the views across the Mersey are amazing.
It's an old sandstone quarry. Stone from here went to Chester and Liverpool and was even shipped abroad, including to build docks in New York. The rock was laid down about 200 million years ago, and fossil footprints of creatures that came before the dinosaurs have been found in it.
Highlights
- Views over the River Mersey
- Old sandstone quarry
- Heathland and woodland
- Distance
- 1.5 miles (2.4 km)
- Route
- circular
- Difficulty
- easy
- Start
- Runcorn Hill Park, Highlands Road
- Parking
- Runcorn Hill Park car park, Highlands Road
- Terrain
- Hills, Woods, History
