WWay32 – HESWALL Traditional Cache

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Wirral Geocachers: After 48,000 logs on the WirralWay and ill health its time to archive them.
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Hidden : 3/1/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Wirral Ways 40th Anniversary

The “Wirral Way” is a 12-mile countryside path which follows the route of the former Birkenhead Railway route from West Kirby to Hooton. The old line, which closed in 1962, follows the River Dee estuary for 7 miles between West Kirby and Parkgate, and then heads across the Wirral to Hooton.

The Wirral Country Park was the first designated country park in Britain, and is based around the Wirral Way. Work started on the park in 1969, and the park was formally opened in 1973 by Lord Leverhulme. Thus, 2013 is the 40th anniversary of both the Wirral Country Park and Wirral Way.

This series of caches is along the full length 12-mile length of the walk. The majority of hides are micros, but there are a few larger containers to be found. For those walking the whole trail in a day, the hides are relatively easy so as not to delay progress. There are however several more difficult hides already in existence on the trail for those who want to include a few challenges in their walk!

HESWALL is a town in Wirral close to the River Dee. At the time of the 2001 Census, it had a population of 7,750. Located on the eastern side of the Dee Estuary, with views across the river to North Wales, Heswall is about 20 minutes' drive from the Roman city of Chester and about 20 minutes' drive from Liverpool. The spires of Liverpool's cathedrals can be seen on the horizon from high ground.

Heswall was recorded in the Domesday Book as Eswelle and owned by Robert de Rodelent, who also owned much of the land on the eastern side of the River Dee. In 1277, it became the property of Patrick de Haselwall, who was Sheriff of Cheshire. The population grew from 168 in 1801 to 398 in 1841. Prior to 1897 it was known as Hestlewelle or Hesselwelle. Its growth was started by wealthy merchants from Liverpool and with the arrival of two railway connections allowed them to commute. One line is the Borderlands Line from Wrexham to Bidston which opened in 1896. This line is still active and has Heswall railway station on the eastern edge of the town. The other station was in Station Road in the Lower Village on another line from West Kirby to Hooton. This opened in 1886 and was closed to passengers in 1956.

We appreciate write-ups of what you did and what you saw when finding these caches in your logs, but will be happy with brief comments for the majority, as long as more detailed logs are provided for the key hides (those with place names in the cache titles).

Good Luck, and we hope you enjoy your walk along the wonderful Wirral Way

(This cache is being maintained by Ken-B of the Wirral Geocachers)

When you have completed the whole series, you may display the following fabulous badge on your profile, kindly created by Sir HarveyJJ.

img src="http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j440/harveyjj/Wirral-Way-Badge.gif"

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Urnq urvtug naq oruvaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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