Otterspool Promenade

Otterspool Prom is situated to the south of the city. It is the perfect place for an early evening walk with a loved one. On a clear day you can see right across the Mersey and it might not be the prettiest of views in itself, but in its own way it is beautiful and inspirational.
In the early evening the setting sun glistens across the water and it is breathtaking. The prom is well maintained and tidy. It is perfect for walking dogs, cycling, rollerskating or just wandering along at your own pace.
There is a good size field running along part of the prom which is well kept and often plays host to events such as the Hub Festival.

For anyone living in South Liverpool, Otterspool Promenade will probably be taken for ranted that they will barely visit it or simply drive past on the nearby dock front road only as a means of avoiding rush hour traffic through the city on their way to town.
When the weather is hot and still — as we have been lucky to have had thus far this summer — it’s a great place to just sit by the river or when the wind picks up a bit — as it almost certainly is every bloody day — then bring the kids to fly a kite. I’m not jokin, there is always one or two kites in the sky. Not many places can guarantee to give you that at least.
Many people use the prom for running too or simply for a long uniterrupted stroll along the river from one side of the city and into town as you can get within 15 mins of the Albert Dock once past the Britannia pub at the end.

When the Queensway Tunnel was dug beneath the river, the subsequent rubbish pulled from the ground was dumped and landscaped into what is now Otterspool Prom. Here you can do everything there is to possibly do on a riverside promenade; things such as walk, ride a bike, look at the water and… um…well that’s about it. I suppose you could rollerblade if you wanted.
If it’s a warm day and you don’t mind the style your hair will be sculpted into by the blustering gales, you can follow the prom and its interconnecting paths right up to the Pier Head. If you don’t fancy that, try and unearth the ruins of the 1984 Garden Festival, which lies hidden by tree trunks and weeds. You don’t know how overtly creepy something is until you accidentally stumble across a kid’s overgrown swing park. I still have nightmares.

What a spectacular view. Did you ever see such a coastline? Especially when the waves are choppy and the wind blustery. I absolutely love the promenade; walking along beside the river with the breathtaking view of the Welsh hills in the background is really relaxing, there’s lots of cyclists and dog-​walkers around and it’s a lovely environment on a clear sunny day.
The park which was renovated through the ‘Pride in our Proms’ project is Amazing. It’s a mini world of Big Kid heaven… for me anyway I regressed about 10 years and was on the swings, seesaw and monkey bars, and when we’d totally worn ourselves out running around and taking cool scenic pictures of the sunset we went for a well earned pint from the Otterspool pub which is handily a hop skip and a cartwheel across the park.
Go fly a kite, see the sights, play on the park and grab a pint!

I love otterspool prom, been going there since I was a kid. There is no better place in the whole of Liverpool to fly a kite. Plenty of parking and huge expanses of grass with a riverside walkway. you can walk all the way to town if you so desire but a good bracing half mile walk will do me! There is a new children’s playground, which I think is excellent and there is also a good assualt course/​fitness training thing. There is a pub just over the road which serves food brewer’s fayre and that has a small indoor play area and an outdoor play area too. My only tip? It’s not the place you want to be of a night, as apparently all sorts of things go on!

Fancy a stroll along the Mersey, but don’t want to the bustle of the docks around the centre? Well there’s plenty of places to choose from, but I like Otterspool Promenade.
It’s a big patch of green, about 100m wide, that runs alongside the Mersey for almost as long as you want, but it does finish: south east (away from the centre) it leads to nowhere interesting, and in the other direction the promenade continues until the docks (including Albert) are reached. So yes, it is possible to walk from or to the centre along the promenade. I did it in a hurry once and it took me about 45 minutes but I do have long legs and was late for work. I swear it looked shorter on the map.
So what’s great about the promenade? Great mersey views and sunsets, and in the day time there’s normally a fresh breeze for kites. There’s a well kept and well stocked kids playground that I’d be envious of if I was a wee nipper.
I like people watching here. Benches are dotted around and people are generally in ample measure, but never too many. Occasionally there are kite festivals here. I really meant it about that breeze.
Thirsty? There’s a pub selling adequate drinks and I did spy a menu on my last visit. It’s an average chain pub, but it suffices as it’s got benches. I like benches. Somehow I feel this review doesn’t quite do it justice, but I’ve rambled on enough as it is.