A Burton and Parkgate Round 26th November 2025.

Moel Famau from the start of our walk on Station Road, Burton.

Canada geese, Mallard and Teal on Decca Pools.

Hawthorn berries in the hedges next to the King Charles III Coastal Footpath.

Information Board at Denhall Quay.

Denhall Quay.

Not open as we passed by in the morning.

Good views of a Common kestrel until it disturbed by a Carrion crow.

Heading for Neston Reedbed.

The new surfaced path behind Neston Reedbed.

The path leading to Parkgate.

Parkgate.

A Marsh harrier hunting over the marsh at Parkgate.

When is a Pill Box not a Pill Box?

When it is a Bat Box!

Parkgate Bat Box information board.

The Wirral Way.

View from the Wirral Way towards the coast. 

Neston Cutting on the Wirral Way (sewer pipe on the right)

Our lunch spot neat Lees Lane.

At lunch.

Heading towards out exit point at Windle Hill Bridge.

Windle Hill Bridge information board.

Moel Famau from Neston Road, Burton.

Knitting obviously allowed on this post box!

The path off Wood Lane into Burton Wood.

Is this the path through Burton Wood?

Hampstons Well stones.

Hampstons Well, now cared for by the local community.

Distance: 9.1 miles.
Climb: 545’.
Time: 4 hours 25 minutes.
On the moves walking average: 2.7 m.p.h.
Overall walk average; 2.0 m.p.h.
Temperature: 3.2 – 6.2 Celsius.
BWF: Max 9.2 m.p.h. Gentle breeze.
Birds seen or heard included: Common blackbird, Marsh harrier, Hen harrier, Common kestrel, Pied wagtail, Canada goose, European robin Long tailed tit, Carrion crow, Rook, Black billed magpie, Teal, Moorhen and Mallard.
The forecast for today, was relatively good for the morning, but with increasing likelihood of rain after lunch.
In fact, it was much better than the forecast, and the only rain experience was after the walk as we left the Harp Inn at Ness.
On this occasion, we decided to head for Parkgate first, in the hope that we would find the best way through Burton Wood. We found a way through Burton, and left t the correct point, but I wasn’t convinced that it was the path described in the route description that we attempted to follow in the past.
What the walk did do, was enable us to check out parts of the route that we will do on next month’s “Short Walk” and to find a suitable lunch stop in Stanney Fields Park.
The section of the walk from Neston Old Quay past Neston Reedbed is now a well-defined surfaced path, no longer a muddy path that at times wasn’t easy to negotiate.
The walk to Parkgate was done in sunshine, with very little wind. Distant views were good, although the clouds were only just clear of Moel Famau.
Lunch was taken on the Wirral Way, near Lees Lane Ponds car park and picnic site.
Section of the walk, after leaving the Wirral Way had in the past been quite muddy, but today was much better than we expected. In fact, my boots only took ten minutes to clean just after getting home.
We arrived back at the cars, having had a good walk, and before the rain had arrived.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Harp Inn at Ness, where Nigel enjoyed the White Rat bitter and I had a pot of tea, large enough, not to require a jug of hot water to top up the pot!