Carbon Trail Irlam - Warrington

This stage of the 'Carbon Trail' walking route - created as part of the Heritage Fund-supported Carbonlands project - links Irlam in Salford and Warrington town centre. The attractive, largely traffic-free walk can easily be broken into shorter routes, using trains or buses to or from Birchwood or buses to or from Woolston and Hollins Green.

Highlights include:
- The friendly Irlam Station cafe and bar
- Hollins Green village, with its pubs and duck pond
- Wide views from Pestfurlong Hill, topped by innovative willow sculptures
- Streamside paths alongside Birchwood Brook from Birchwood Forest Park
- Pretty Woolston Park, including the newer 'Linear Park' with its cycleway
- The 'New Cut' Heritage & Ecology Trail
- Riverside paths along the Mersey.

Almost all of the second half of the route, from Warrington to Birchwood, is step-free and therefore suitable for pushchair and wheelchair-users. A lift is available at Birchwood station, to which access can be obtained from the southern side by pressing a button that alerts station staff. There may be muddy sections and rougher ground on the field paths between Irlam and Birchwood.

Toilets are available at Irlam station cafe, at the train and bus stations in Warrington and Birchwood, in Birchwood shopping mall and Warrington town centre, and in Birchwood Forest Park (subject to staff availability).

Refreshments opportunities can be found in Warrington and Irlam town centres, Birchwood shopping mall, and also at the two pubs in Hollins Green village and at the Irlam Station cafe and bar.

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