Wirral Core Active Travel Network (CATN)
Summary
- Wirral Council has a Places for People Strategy about active travel (walking, wheeling and cycling) and how it makes healthier, safer and more connected areas to live, work and travel
- To deliver on this strategy we need to provide a collection of routes known as an active travel network to make walking, wheeling and cycling more available to people living and working in Wirral
- A good active travel network includes a core network of main routes with supporting local area networks
- A core network is made up of a main set of safe and direct routes that provide high quality walking, cycling and wheeling routes for local day-to-day travel to and from key destinations
- Using data, information and Department for Transport guidance a core network including new routes, existing routes and routes we are already working on has been developed
- We want to know your thoughts on this core network – and if you agree these are the right routes to support active travel in Wirral
Core Active Travel Network
The maps, found in the 'Plans, Information and Surveys' section of this webpage, show an overview of what we think is the Core Active Travel Network (CATN) which will include existing routes (where possible).
The core network aims to provide routes where they are most needed by connecting residential areas to shops, workplaces, schools, leisure activities and stations so that people can undertake their everyday journeys easier and in whatever way they want to travel.
We have already received funding for some routes that are currently being designed or progressed and they are included within the map.
Table of routes
Route Number | Start Location | End Location | Phase |
1 | Liscard | Birkenhead | 1 |
2 | Birkenhead Road (Seacombe Ferry) | Birkenhead Road (Dock Road) | 1 |
3 | Argyle Street, Birkenhead (Hamilton Square) | Argyle Street, Birkenhead (Conway Street) | 1 |
4 | Dock Branch, New Chester Road | Dock Branch, Birkenhead | Phase 1 of route - 1 Phase 2 of route - 2 |
5 | Duke Street, Wirral Waters and Dock Road | Duke Street, Birkenhead Park Station | 1 |
6 | Price Street, Wirral Waters | Price Street, Birkenhead centre | 2 |
7 | Exmouth/Watson Street, Wirral Waters | Exmouth/Watson Street, Birkenhead centre | 2 |
8 | Borough Road, Oxton | Upton Road, Claughton | 3 |
9 | Conway Street, Birkenhead | Moreton | 3 |
10 | Beaufort Road, Wirral Waters | Liscard Town Centre | 4 |
11 | Birkenhead (via A41) | Bebington (via A41) | 3 |
12 | Birkenhead | Bebington | 3 |
13 | Brackenwood | Prenton | 4 |
14 | Birkenhead | Arrowe Park | Phase 1 of route - 3 Phase 2 of route - 4 |
15 | Claughton and Birkenhead | Greasby and Upton | Phase 1 of route - 3 Phase 2 of route - 4 |
| 16 | Arrowe Park | Moreton | 4 |
| 17 | Wallasey and Leasowe | Moreton | 3 |
| 18 | Liscard Town Centre | Wallasey | 3 |
| 19 | Liscard Town Centre | New Brighton and Wallasey | 2 |
| 20 | Liscard Town Centre | New Brighton | 4 |
| 21 | The Croft Retail and Employment areas | Bromborough | 4 |
| 22 | The Croft Retail and Employment areas | Port Sunlight | 4 |
| 23 | Clatterbridge | Bromborough | 4 |
| 24 | Arrowe Park Road, Arrowe Park | Arrowe Park Road, Thingwall | 2 |
| 25 | Clatterbridge | Gayton | 5 |
| 26 | Arrowe Park | Heswall | 5 |
| 27 | Greasby | West Kirby | 5 |
| 28 | Moreton | Hoylake | 5 |
Plans and information on why these routes have been chosen, what areas they pass and what destinations they will get people to and from are included in the Documents section of this page.
It is not expected that people will walk, cycle or wheel the whole length of each route every day but instead, the core network is designed so that parts of each route can be used to suit a variety of different journeys for different people.
Phasing of works
Subject to the availability of funding and necessary approvals, it is proposed that work on the core network would be delivered in five phases over the next 15+ years.
| Phase | Planned Delivery |
| 1 | Within 3 years |
| 2 | 3 to 5 years |
| 3 | 5 to 10 years |
| 4 | 10 to 15 years |
| 5 | Beyond 15 years |
Have Your Say
We want your feedback on what we think is the Core Active Travel Network. As part of the survey, we would like you to tell us:
- If these routes will support your everyday journeys
- If you agree with the prioritisation of the routes
- If you think there are any existing routes on the core network that need improvement
- If there are routes that are missing and need to be added to the core network
To tell us what you think about the CATN, you can complete the online survey below.
You can also view the plans at an in-person exhibition or see the ‘other ways to get involved’ section on this page.
For alternative ways of providing feedback, please see the 'Other ways to get involved' section on this webpage.
This consultation will be open for contributions until 5pm on Monday 23 September 2024.
What will happen next
Your feedback will be used to decide on the final Core Active Travel Network. This will be taken to the council’s Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport Committee for approval.
Once a CATN is agreed, before any individual projects are progressed, further public and stakeholder consultations on their details and design will be undertaken. Feedback from consultations will be carefully considered by the council before making the decision about what will be delivered.
The CATN will be regularly reviewed to make sure it is still relevant, focussed on the best routes and ensuring it fits with future local area networks – including whether we need to add more routes or change routes.
