Directions leaving Hale...If you're on a bicycle/on foot then do a right at the water-treatment plant (Hale Gate Road entrance) and get onto the cycle track/path.
I used to cycle this route to get under Runcorn-Widnes bridge. In 2004 I walked from Hunts Cross Station to the bridge via Oglet/Hale/Pickerings Pasture. I've put a few pics on flickr and a couple show Pickerings Pasture.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2563250...7594381877616/