"The footlink was or is intended to provide public access around the Mersey from New Brighton to Southport via Runcorn. The problem in this part of the world always was, how do you get past the working section of docklands at Seaforth?
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I think it was a nice idea but practically speaking you would need an Act of Parliament to create a public right of way."
Years before any Peel involvment,(80's,I think) it was was possible to walk(or cycle,in my case)from the Pier head to the marina,in Crosby! It did involve some circuitous pathfinding,along the way,with the odd run-in with the docks police,but it does seem pretty feasible, to run an acceptable pathway along there,as there is already a riverside road(now fenced off) along the front of the container base!
As for unesco/english heritage(who's?),we can,and have, managed quite well without them!
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