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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Hannah Moore

‘It’s a quicker route but at your peril’: the obstacles to walking in Liverpool

Walkway into Liverpool from Vauxhall, showing A59 and an unlit underpass
The particularly uninviting, unlit underpass next to the A59, which links Liverpool and Vauxhall. It is typical of the deterrents to walking highlighted by the Ramblers’ report. Photograph: Hannah Moore

“When I’m walking, I do have to go on the road itself because the kerb either has construction, or there just isn’t one, or cars tend to take up a lot of space,” says Sara Ettamri.

The nursing student is making her regular walk from Everton in Liverpool, where she lives, to Liverpool John Moores University, a journey of about 45 minutes.

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