Walks - The Roman Bridges

Introduction
The walk to the Roman bridges is very popular and on a warm summer evening with the buzz of insects, the birdsong and the smell of the wild flowers it can be quite magical.
The bridges are not Roman despite their name they are pack horse bridges probably from the 16th century.

Over the brow of the hill you will reach the turkey packing station and you continue down the track alongside a field which usually has cattle in it. These are beef animals, not dairy despite Cheshire's reputation as a cheese producer. At the bottom of the lane you see the first of the bridges and beyond it the second bridge which is the one over the river Gowy. It isn't a very wide or deep river but is the only one we have got.

The walk starts at the end of Hockenhull Lane and continues over the Easterly byepass and up the road leading to Hockenhull Hall. At the bottom of the hill turn right into a green lane. There is a ditch on one side of the path but it very seldom has water in it. On the right about half way down you will see several entrances to badger setts.

A few metres further along the path you reach the third bridge which runs over a swampy area of land which is a nature reserve on the south side. The path continues towards Christleton but there is a path across the fields which would take a walker back to the village. Neverthless it is usual to return to the village at this point.

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