Topic: Crosby dog walk

[carl123uk]

Anyone local recommend a beach/scenic walk in Crosby that will be ideal to walk the dog?

Where to start and end it and where to park the car would be ideal. Nice one 👍

[Bennett]

Anyone local recommend a beach

Crosby beach.

[Graeme]

Crosby beach.

[AndyMuller]

Crosby beach.

 

Not much else to it really.

[Draex]

Avoid the sand dunes as that’s where Crosby Nick hangs out.

[Crosby Nick]

Crosby beach.

I haven’t walked a dog in Crosby since my grandparents were around! But you can park up in the car park by Hall Road and head towards Hightown past West Lancs Golf Club. Away from roads sogood for the dog.I’d say that’s your best bet but if you head in the othersore room you can make it all the way to the Marine Lake near Waterloo/Seaforth with views over to New Brighton and beyond.

[Crosby Nick]

Avoid the sand dunes as that’s where Crosby Nick hangs out.

Son of Spion I think. Clothing optional.

[Draex]

Son of Spion I think. Clothing optional.

The gravy stains give you away.

[Son of Spion]

You've got about two miles of promenade from Seaforth rocks to Hall Road coastguard station if you park on the coastal park by the Marina. Or if you start off at Hall Road car park in Blundellsands you can walk the coastal path towards Hightown. You'll have the sea to your left and sand dunes to your right. The River Alt estuary comes out up there. Veering off and following the path to the right brings you out in Hightown itself. Staying close to the shore will bring you out at the mouth of the Alt and by Blundellsands Sailing Club in Hightown.

Parking is pay and display now, and they definitely ticket you if you haven't paid, so be careful. I usually park in a quiet side street off Hall Road rather than use the car park at the coastguard station on Burbo Bank/Hall Road. There are toilets at that car park if needed.

Another car park is by Crosby Leisure Centre on Mariners Road. Go down Mariners then turn right into the car park. From there you can walk onto the prom, going left to Seaforth Rocks or right to Hall Road. If you go towards Seaforth there is also Crosby Marina to walk around. The Lakeside complex is dog friendly if you want food and drink. If you want to come off the beach area you can walk along the road by Marine Gardens. It's all lovely old villas. The captain of the Titanic lived in a house along there and the owners of the White Star Shipping line that owned Titanic also lived there on Beach Lawn. You might see TV presenter Stacey Dooley on your travels, as she lives on that road too.

Blundellsands itself is a nice walk. Lots of mansions and the homes of current and ex footballers. Carragher still lives on Warren Road, opposite the Key Park. If you like quiet, scenic little places then you can walk inland on Hall Road, cross the railway line onto Hall Road East and carry on to the end. There, you find a bridle path that takes you across farmland to Little Crosby village.  Not much there, but it's picturesque and there's usually a little cafe there to have a coffee and cake.

To the right of Crosby coastguard station you will see lots of bricks and rubble on the beach. On first glance it's not too pretty to look at, but it's a piece of history. It all comes from buildings in Liverpool bombed in the second world war. The rubble has lots of big pieces of stonework in it. There's some interesting stuff on there, although it can be tricky to walk on.

On that path towards Hightown you pass a brick building on your right. That's a pumping station. Carry on past it and not too far up on the right, but well hidden in the dune area is the remains of Fort Crosby. All you can see now are the flat concrete roofs of the old sea defence bunkers. The council buried them, but people have managed to get into one or two. I've seen YouTube videos of the rooms inside them. They are between the path and the golf course fence. Not much to see, but another piece of local history all the same.

[Son of Spion]

Son of Spion I think. Clothing optional.

[AndyMuller]

Go to the Bus Yard for a scran and a bevvy.

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Used to go down there all the time. Stopped going though cos quite a lot of nobs with xl bullies off the leash. Dead nice down there though

[carl123uk]

As soon as I pressed post I knew the 1st few replies would be the same 🤣

Cheers Nick, Son of Spion and Andy for the sensible replies 👍

[Six Beardy]

You've got about two miles of promenade from Seaforth rocks to Hall Road coastguard station if you park on the coastal park by the Marina. Or if you start off at Hall Road car park in Blundellsands you can walk the coastal path towards Hightown. You'll have the sea to your left and sand dunes to your right. The River Alt estuary comes out up there. Veering off and following the path to the right brings you out in Hightown itself. Staying close to the shore will bring you out at the mouth of the Alt and by Blundellsands Sailing Club in Hightown.

Parking is pay and display now, and they definitely ticket you if you haven't paid, so be careful. I usually park in a quiet side street off Hall Road rather than use the car park at the coastguard station on Burbo Bank/Hall Road. There are toilets at that car park if needed.

Another car park is by Crosby Leisure Centre on Mariners Road. Go down Mariners then turn right into the car park. From there you can walk onto the prom, going left to Seaforth Rocks or right to Hall Road. If you go towards Seaforth there is also Crosby Marina to walk around. The Lakeside complex is dog friendly if you want food and drink. If you want to come off the beach area you can walk along the road by Marine Gardens. It's all lovely old villas. The captain of the Titanic lived in a house along there and the owners of the White Star Shipping line that owned Titanic also lived there on Beach Lawn. You might see TV presenter Stacey Dooley on your travels, as she lives on that road too.

Blundellsands itself is a nice walk. Lots of mansions and the homes of current and ex footballers. Carragher still lives on Warren Road, opposite the Key Park. If you like quiet, scenic little places then you can walk inland on Hall Road, cross the railway line onto Hall Road East and carry on to the end. There, you find a bridle path that takes you across farmland to Little Crosby village.  Not much there, but it's picturesque and there's usually a little cafe there to have a coffee and cake.

To the right of Crosby coastguard station you will see lots of bricks and rubble on the beach. On first glance it's not too pretty to look at, but it's a piece of history. It all comes from buildings in Liverpool bombed in the second world war. The rubble has lots of big pieces of stonework in it. There's some interesting stuff on there, although it can be tricky to walk on.

On that path towards Hightown you pass a brick building on your right. That's a pumping station. Carry on past it and not too far up on the right, but well hidden in the dune area is the remains of Fort Crosby. All you can see now are the flat concrete roofs of the old sea defence bunkers. The council buried them, but people have managed to get into one or two. I've seen YouTube videos of the rooms inside them. They are between the path and the golf course fence. Not much to see, but another piece of local history all the same.

Wow that's a great comprehensive summary.

A couple of years ago we were back home staying in an airbnb  in East St, near South Rd.  We walked from there with dogs all the way to Formby, stoppinng off at a pub by the station for lunch and a beer or two, then got the train back to Waterloo. We've waked alll over the UK but that is up there with any walk we've ever done - maybe on my part it was nostalgia for my youth around those parts - but the dogs seemed to love it even more than we did; they were in their element.

I even picked up  a couple of the bombed out clearance stones that you mentioned - from the beach bit just north of Hall Rd and they now proudly sit on a window-ledge in North London - a bit sad maybe but they remind me of home. 



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Please tell me it's not just me that can see a carrot nosed face in the stone on the right. 

[JerseyKloppite]

Formby beach

Nah Crosby beach is great, and I really like the Bus Yard. If we bring our doggo down to Crosby it's almost always to walk him along the beach. Not tried any other walks there.

You've got about two miles of promenade from Seaforth rocks to Hall Road coastguard station if you park on the coastal park by the Marina. Or if you start off at Hall Road car park in Blundellsands you can walk the coastal path towards Hightown. You'll have the sea to your left and sand dunes to your right. The River Alt estuary comes out up there. Veering off and following the path to the right brings you out in Hightown itself. Staying close to the shore will bring you out at the mouth of the Alt and by Blundellsands Sailing Club in Hightown.

Some great stuff in here. The Alt runs next to our house in Formby, I'd hoped I could get a nice jog in down to the beach and along the coast to Hightown before coming home along the cycle path but there's just no way to cross the estuary (without sneaking through the base )

[Son of Spion]

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Yes, it's definitely a nice walk. We've also walked from Hall Road to Hightown then had something to eat in The Hightown pub, near the railway station. Sadly, I think that's currently closed down, though.

I forgot to mention the Bus Yard earlier, although Andy Muller (and now JerseyKloppite) rectified that oversight. On the promenade at the back of the marina in Waterloo. Only open in the summer months but a nice little place to stop for a drink and some food. Dog friendly too. There was even a horse and rider there one afternoon I was there. Great view of the beach and bay. Lovely if the weather is nice.

The good thing about going on a particularly long walk north from Hall Road is, as you know, the Liverpool - Southport railway runs parallel, so if you get too tired to walk back you can just jump on the train at Hightown, Formby, Freshfield etc.

For anyone not aware of this it's worth mentioning that you cannot walk all the way to Formby on the beach itself. This is because of the River Alt estuary emptying into Liverpool Bay at Hightown. You have to get off at Hightown to get past the Alt.  As kids we tried to ride our bikes from Southport to Waterloo on the beach, not knowing we couldn't do so until we rode up to the River Alt. 

Regarding the bricks and stonework on the beach. I'm surprised there's any left these days given that so many people take stuff home with them. Some of the bricks have names of where they were made on them. I actually took some stones from there to use in therapy. I met a woman down there recently. She was from Canada, and looking through the rubble, so I told her why it was there and where it was from. She was fascinated by the history. It's easy to forget the rich history of our own surroundings at times.

Edit: I couldn't see the carrot-nosed face.