Birkenhead

Hiking routes around Birkenhead

10 waymarked hiking routes run within 16 km of Birkenhead: 1 international, 1 national, 4 regional and 4 local.

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Around Birkenhead

England Coast Path passes through Birkenhead: 60 sections with 2,408 km mapped in all, 61 km of them within 16 km. Trans-Pennine Trail passes through Birkenhead: 15 sections with 452 km mapped in all, 44 km of them within 16 km. Wirral Circular Trail has more of its length here than any other route: 61 km within 16 km. Of the routes listed here, the longest is North Cheshire Way, 117 km long. Regional routes account for the largest share: 131 of the 243 km of waymarked route within 16 km. Most of the 4 local routes are short walks: 2 of them are under 10 km.

The routes with most of their length within 16 km

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

Good to know

  • Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
  • Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
  • Lengths within 16 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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