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Cheshire West and Chester

Ellesmere Port

Burton Marshes Boardwalk – River Dee Riverside Trail loop from Ellesmere Port

Cheshire West and Chester

Ellesmere Port

Burton Marshes Boardwalk – River Dee Riverside Trail loop from Ellesmere Port

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Burton Marshes Boardwalk – River Dee Riverside Trail loop from Ellesmere Port

02:16

54.3km

230m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 40 m for 38 m

After 54.2 km for 38 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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12.7 km

Willaston Windmill

Highlight • Other

17.0 km

National Cycle Network Route 56: Thornton

Highlight • Trail

This route is on the National Cycle Network. Route 56 is open and signed from Chester to Wallasey and via the Mersey ferry to Liverpool where you can connect with Route 62, also known as the Trans Pennine Trail. Route 56 runs between Chester Town Hall and Liverpool Town Hall.
Section of this route has some lumps and bumps, but I did ride the hole route on roadbike and MTB both where fine.

Tip by

21.2 km

Parkgate Promenade and Boat Monument

Highlight • Monument

Parkgate is a village on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Dee, adjoining 100 square kilometres of salt marsh. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 3,591. The village is in Neston civil parish, north-west of the town of Neston and almost contiguous with it.
Great cycling path also keep an eye out for the Ice-cream shop.

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21.7 km

The Parade, Neston

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a location which looks over a flat plain into North Wales. Many walkers seem to be exercising along the pathways here. There are bars and cafes along the straight road

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27.0 km

Burton Marshes Boardwalk

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This is a great experience. A giant 'board walk' that can be used by walkers & cyclists which allows you to over the Dee Marshes, opposite the RSBP Bird Sanctuary affording you fantastic views throughout the seasons across the marshes over the river Dee towards North Wales not to mention the spectacular sights of migrating birds.

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34.1 km

River Dee Riverside Trail

Highlight • Trail

Traffic-free stretch of riverside path between Hawarden Bridge and Chester. Link with Chester Greenway for the full River Dee Round.

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35.1 km

Jubilee Bridge (Blue Bridge), Queensferry

Highlight • Monument

The bridge was built by Sir William Arrol & Co. between 1925 and 1927. It takes its name from an earlier bridge on the same site which was completed during the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. The abutments of the old bridge are still visible at both sides to the left (facing north) of the current bridge. The remains can be seen at low tide near the abutments.

By the 1960s shipping had ceased on the River Dee. The bridge's lifting mechanism was removed and the roadway fixed permanently in place. In 2005 the Jubilee Bridge was awarded Grade II Listed building status by Cadw.

Tip by

37.2 km

Dragon Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Cool iron bridge on the Chester Millennium Greenway and the best way to get over the A494 dual carrageway.

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41.4 km

Pool Garden Wood

Forest

54.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.6 km

14.3 km

2.15 km

2.06 km

102 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

48.3 km

5.63 km

248 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Burton Marshes Boardwalk – River Dee Riverside Trail loop from Ellesmere Port

Willaston Windmill

National Cycle Network Route 56: Thornton

Parkgate Promenade and Boat Monument

The Parade, Neston

Burton Marshes Boardwalk

River Dee Riverside Trail

Jubilee Bridge (Blue Bridge), Queensferry

Dragon Bridge

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