Central South Wirral Voyage Tips and guide

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Central South Wirral is a rural area in Cheshire, with a few main roads going through. It includes the villages and hamlets of Two Mills, Woodbank, Burton, Puddington, Shotwick, Dunkirk, Capenhurst and Ledsham.

As the M56 ends at Dunkirk, drivers can continue onto the A494 without stopping. Drivers can then take the first turnoff for the A540. Head north to Two Mills junction, where the A550 Welsh Road crosses the A540, which is central to the area.

• 53.2599-2.942371 Capenhurst railway station.  

• National Cycle Route 56 passes through the area, allowing access from Chester, New Brighton and Liverpool.

• 53.25733-2.948871 Holy Trinity Church, Capenhurst, Capenhurst. The church is a designated Grade II listed building. The church was built between 1856 and 1859 to a design by James Harrison. In 1889–90 the tower was built and details were added to the interior by John Douglas.  
• 53.2596-3.02852 Burton Manor. It is a former manor house that is a designated Grade II listed building. At one time an adult education college, it is now closed, but the walled garden is open to the public. The house was built around 1805 for Richard Congreve and remodelled in 1904 by Sir Charles Nicholson for Henry Neville Gladstone, son of William Ewart Gladstone. An orangery was added in 1910 to a design by Arthur Beresford Pite.  

Bike ride NCR56 through the area.

• 53.2734-3.000931 Gordale Nurseries, Chester High Road (A540), Burton. CH64 8TF, ☏ +44 151 336-2116. Garden shop and cafe 
• 53.27266-2.999862 Water World, Chester High Road (A540), Burton. CH64 8TF (Adjacent to Gordale Nurseries, on the A540). Aquatic garden shop and cafe 

There is a petrol station on the eastern side of the A494/A540 roundabout.

• 53.25909-2.976571 Eureka Cyclists Cafe, Parkgate Road (A540), Two Mills. CH1 6EZ (Just south of the A540/A550 road junction at Two Mills, on the western/Welsh-facing side of the A540.), ☏ +44 151 339-5629. A mecca for cyclists. 
• 53.25066-2.967862 The Yacht (Pesto), Parkgate Road (A540), Woodbank. CH1 6EY, ☏ +44 1244 880216. 

• 53.26068-2.978331 The Tudor Rose, Parkgate Road, Ledsham. CH66 9PD (At the A540/A550 Two Mills junction), ☏ +44 151 339-2399. 

• 53.26254-2.984831 Craxton Wood Hotel, Parkgate Road (A540), Two Mills. CH66 9PB (Off the A540/A550 Two Mills junction, a quarter of a mile towards Neston), ☏ +44 151 347-4000. 
• 53.26068-2.978332 Premier Inn Two Mills, Parkgate Road (A540), Two Mills. CH66 9PB (At the A540/A550 Two Mills junction). 
• 53.25581-2.954093 Brook Farm Bed & Breakfast, Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst. CH1 6HE, ☏ +44 151 339-9663. 
• 53.25018-2.966784 Hazels Farm Bed & Breakfast, Parkgate Road, Woodbank. CH1 6EY, ☏ +44 7974 502566. 
• 53.24062-2.953855 Oakwood Farm Mews, Parkgate Road, nr. Saughall. CH1 6EY (At the A540/A494 junction), ☏ +44 1244 880828. 

• Central Wirral
• Neston
• Ellesmere Port
• Chester