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Spike Island Upper Mersey Rd, Widnes WA8 0DG

Spike Island

792 Reviews
Park and Garden,Tourist attraction
  • FridayOpen 24 hours
  • SaturdayOpen 24 hours
  • SundayOpen 24 hours
  • MondayOpen 24 hours
  • TuesdayOpen 24 hours
  • WednesdayOpen 24 hours
  • ThursdayOpen 24 hours
Spike Island Upper Mersey Rd, Widnes WA8 0DG

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Upper Mersey Rd, Widnes WA8 0DG
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  • FridayOpen 24 hours
  • SaturdayOpen 24 hours
  • SundayOpen 24 hours
  • MondayOpen 24 hours
  • TuesdayOpen 24 hours
  • WednesdayOpen 24 hours
  • ThursdayOpen 24 hours
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Features

  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible car park
  • Good for kids
  • Dogs allowed
  • Playground
  • Picnic tables
  • Slides
  • Swings
  • Hiking
  • Kid-friendly hikes
  • Dog park

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Purple Nannie
13.03.2024
Spike Island
Live coming to spike Island just wish there was a clean up while the water is low and get rid of the tyres imbeded in the mud
Joanne Joubert
10.03.2024
Spike Island
Lovely area for a revitalising walk.There are many ducks and swans in the water which are quite friendly and can be fed by purchasing some food from the Catalyst shop.There is a play park for children to enjoy and a little zip line.This is also a great area to walk the dogs while enjoying the scenery.I would recommend going for a nice relaxing walk here.
Andrea Derbyshire
03.03.2024
Spike Island
Spike Island a great place for a walk and lots of wildlife too. Cafe food is really good and cheap! Don't know how they do it for those prices. Well with a visit.
Babs
22.02.2024
Spike Island
Lovely place to visit, for walkers, families, dog walkers, and anyone who likes wildlife or a good view. There is a small café on site at the boat house. Nearby is The Catalyst Museum, with another café and a play area outside, which is popular with families. After the closure of Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, the canal is currently being kept full of water by a team of volunteers, the boat owners, who are doing a fantastic job. If you visit, don't forget to make a voluntary donation in the bucket at the boat house café to help with the upkeep of the water pump run by the boat team.
Cornish Diaspora
10.02.2024
Spike Island
A beautiful area right on the banks of the Mersey. The remains of its industrial heritage are still there including the wrecks of some flats" (flat bottomed boats designed to carry cargo on the shallow river).Kids love the open space and the large number of extremely friendly swans and geese. There is also a well maintained play area."
Samantha Rhead
09.01.2024
Spike Island
Love this place, great for a walk, playground, wander to the old runcorn Bridge or View the new bridge and surrounding views, feed the ducks and swans, enjoy the picturesque canal
Daniel Froud
04.01.2024
Spike Island
Spike Island is a beautiful short walk around what is a historical location for the area. There are lovely wooded and fielded areas to sit and enjoy the day, you can watch the river Mersey passing under the Mersey gateway bridge or the boats on the canal.If boats are what your interested in the boat club on the bank of the canal is open to new members, with a food shop open to the public. Or if more historical boats are your thing, just on the far side of the island (at low tide) you will be able to see the shells of several flat boats that used to sail up and down the Mersey carrying supplies.With a play area, an all weather football pitch for kids and also the Catalyst museum situated off the car park, this is really the perfect place for all.
Louisa Garner
31.12.2023
Spike Island
Lovely area for a walk and wildlife. Lots of different habits and plenty of room for all the kids sightseers and dog walkers. Shame the canal has emptied.
Harry Lee-Jones
28.12.2023
Spike Island
I live not far from Spike Island, so it's part of my home.It depresses me to see that there's no water in our canal anymore and that the council almost seems to be willingly incompetent in trying to restore it.Shame on Halton Council for neglecting such a beautiful area. The fix is as simple as turning a water pump back on and doing some landscaping to bring the canal back to its beautiful self, but Halton council are too greedy to be considerate about conservation.
andy gibbs
16.12.2023
Spike Island
Great place to cycle around. Very pleasantly transformed from an industrial wasteland. Worth a visit. Decent cafe at the west bank sailing club but a few dogs not controlled by their owners and beware of dog dirt

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Upper Mersey Rd, Widnes WA8 0DG
Spike Island