Retrace your steps and follow the peaceful track bordered by trees for a further mile or so. You will see a gate across the way ahead and, just before this, take the path on the right down to Belle Vale Road. Turn right and walk up to the traffic lights in the centre of Gateacre Village. This is an attractive scene, especially if you can catch it at a quiet time. There are old sandstone cottages, mock-tudor buildings and a plethora of pubs: the Black Bull [5], the Brown Cow [6] and the Bear and Staff [8]. Go straight through at the lights up Gateacre Brow. On the left is the austere sandstone Gateacre Chapel [7], dated 1700. This is the start of a longish uphill stretch, I'm afraid. Go right at the top and then left into Woolton Hill Road. Up we go until, just as the road levels out at the top, there is a footpath marked on the left. This is the rear entrance to Reynolds Park. Following this, we soon come to the park itself, crossing which takes us back to the start. |
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