Starting at Sutton Manor Park visiting The Dream sculpture, Clockface Country Park, Sutton Mill Dam, Brickfields Nature Reserve and Daisyfields Reserve.
Technical sheet
n°7545569
A St Helens walk
posted on 08/04/21 by gfl57. Last update : 24/04/23
Start : Dream Car park, Sutton Manor (WA9 4RU) Grid ref. SJ 517 910 along B5419.
(S/E) Enter Sutton Manor Woodland via a good quality path and walk for 95m or so.
(1) At the junction, turn South (right) and follow the path. At the path junction, take the left fork and continue South-East towards M62.
(2) Follow the path as to turns East (left) and climbs. Follow the path North by the base of The Dream, stop to admire the view.
(3) At a path junction turn North-East (right).
(4) Follow the path as it bears East (right) opposite the pond. Carefully cross A569 at the traffic lights. Continue East by Clockface car park before taking path South (right) beside the fishing pond. Follow the path East around the base of the mound. At the junction of paths bear North-West (left).
(5) Carefully cross Gorsey Lane and take footpath North-West initially over farmland and then beside industrial units to join Abbotsfield Road then B5204.
(6) Turn South-West (left) along Reginald Road. Immediately after passing Wheatsheaf pub turn South (left) and follow the path beside Mill Brook.
(7) Take steps beside Sutton Mill Dam weir and follow the path West beside the lake. Bear South (left) as the path runs behind houses. Cross Clockface Road (A569) and head briefly South (left) before taking path South-West (right) through Brickfields Reserve.
(8) Carefully cross Chester Lane and head briefly South to Daisyfields Reserve taking good quality path southwest through the reserve. Take the path south beside and over the stream.
(9) Carefully cross Walkers Lane and take the path South through playing fields and back to the car park. (S/E)
Waypoints
S/E : km 0 - alt. 56 m - Dream Car park, Sutton Manor
1 : km 0.09 - alt. 56 m - Junction
2 : km 0.66 - alt. 66 m - Junction - Towards Dream Base
3 : km 1.12 - alt. 67 m - Way Down - Path Junction
4 : km 1.67 - alt. 49 m - Pond
5 : km 4.25 - alt. 47 m - Gorsey Lane
6 : km 5.51 - alt. 45 m - B5204 - Reginald Rd
7 : km 6.24 - alt. 45 m - Sutton Mill Dam
8 : km 7.4 - alt. 56 m - Chester Lane
9 : km 8.42 - alt. 53 m - Walkers Lane
S/E : km 8.84 - alt. 56 m - Dream Car park, Sutton Manor
Useful Information
Start & parking : Dream Car park, Sutton Manor (WA9 4RU) Grid ref. SJ 517 910 along B5419.
Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.
Hi S800TED,
Thank you for this precious feedback. Could you please suggest how the description could be improved as you just did the walk? It would be so much help for the next walkers.
Enjoy your walks
gfl57
You will find a link in 'Useful Information '
page to
Here the walk is broken down into a greater number of waypoints each with an associated picture and detailed map ,downloadable in several formats , ,hopefully making route easier to follow.
Not sure exactly where you lost the route, so can't reasonably update the associated description.
S800TED
Overall rating :
3.7 / 5
Date of walk : 21/04/23 Clarity of route description : ★★★☆☆ Average Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good Walk interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
A good walk in an urban area to tie in 3 parks also with a good pub about half way. When you come out of Clock Face Park you need to turn right to get to the path across the field, which is at the side of a high wall. There are gravel paths for most of the walk and only walking shoes needed.
gfl57
Thanks for feedback. Glad you enjoyed the walk.
When you upload a route to visorando the system restricts how many waypoints you can include depending on length of walk, hence directions are similarly reduced.
To overcome this I include a link in, the description, to the walk at www.graemelinford.com which has more waypoints, gpx version, kml version and pictures.
This site also contains several more walks in the area which you may enjoy.
gogongs
• Last modified:
Overall rating :
4.3 / 5
Date of walk : 07/07/21 Clarity of route description : ★★★☆☆ Average Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good
this wonderful route linked together some magical areas, without very much road walking. the directions were a bit weak, but with the map and a compass we did not stray far. Highly recomended
ElaineR
Overall rating :
3.3 / 5
Date of walk : 09/04/21 Clarity of route description : ★★★☆☆ Average Clarity of route map : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good
The first part of the wall was fine, but there need to be more directions overall. The vagueness of statements like ‘take a footpath’ with no other landmark led to us losing the path on the second half of the walk
