This ride is only open to members of the Wirral Cycling Group.  If you are an experienced rider who has ridden with other cycling groups and would like to join us on a ride, then please get in touch with us via the <Contact Form> so we can make arrangements.  If you have not ridden with a cycling group before, and would like to find out what riding with our group is like, then please book onto one of our monthly rides for newcomers.
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(C) Tour of Wirral's Blue Plaques Ride

10:00 Sunday August 20 2023

Current Participants: 2 space(s) available

    • This is a total ride of approximately 28 miles viewing some of Wirral’s Blue Plaques, erected for Wirral famous residents.  Some parts are a bit hilly but we will have plenty of stops. The first plaque is for Chevalier Blondin at Eastham Ferry and the last is for Wilfred Owen in Birkenhead.  In between we will visit:- Roger Lancelyn Green; Ann Davison; Harold Wilson; Charlotte Dodd; Joseph Mayer; Dixie Dean; Philip Toosey; Cyril Scott; Edith Smith; Edward Kemp; Thomas Brassey; Alan Rouse; Dr Dominic Joseph Poggi; James Gillespie Graham; and Henry Tate. There is one off road section in Eastham Woods
    • David Brewer will be ride leader. Start time will be 10:00 from Port Sunlight Station. Please arrive by 09:45 for a briefing.
    • The route will follow the old Lever railway cycle path to Eastham Ferry; then through the Eastham Wood bridle path to NCR; Neville Road; Acre Lane; Dibbinsdale Rd ;  Poulton Hall Rd.; Thornton Common Rd.; Clatterbridge Rd; Old Clatterbridge Rd.; Cross Lane; Heath Rd.; Bebington Rd,; Old Chester Rd; Prenton Rd. E; Prenton Rd. W; Storeton Rd; Rose Mount; Village Rd; Palm Hill; Palm Grove; Park Drive; Arthur St.; Beckwith St.; Cavendish St,; Price St.; Beaufort Rd.; Wallasey Bridge Rd; Polton Bridge Rd.; Breck Rd.; St Hillary Brow; Wallasey Rd.; Seaview Rd.; Earlston Rd.; Rake Lane; Magazine lane; Back down prom. to Woodside; Hamilton Sq.; Hamilton St.; Conway St. ; Argyle St. (big hill!); Elm Grove; Derby Rd back to PS start.
    • Gamin Course:-Garmin Connect
    • Lunch at Vale Park kiosk or bring your own sandwiches.
    • The  route returns to Port Sunlight Station

     


    Bookings no longer allowed on this date.