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I will be cycling from St Helens to Elsmere for the CTC birthday rides this year and wondered if anybody could give a safe route without going down the A49 or crossing the bridge at Widnes please? Is there a decent sustrans route maybe too ?

Cheers barbelfisher.

If the A49 is the road I think it is then I rode this doing LEJoG a couple of years ago. It was a pleasant surprise in that there were good cycling facilities all the way with bikes on a separate cycle path.

Hi

Ellesmere is linked to Whitchurch via regional route 31(http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/cycling.ns ... h-2012.pdf) - a really nice ride along very quiet country lanes and Whitchurch is quite close to the Cheshire cycleway (http://www.cheshirecycleway.co.uk/map.html)and also links to route 45.
Hope this is helpful.

Many thanks for help guys.

Regards barbelfisher

over to the wiral,jump on the wiral way head for chester,head for the b5130,head towards fardon,then bangor on dee,down to overton,over the A539 through knolton down to ellesmere.....A495 to oswestry