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Continue past a small skate-park and under the roadway of Skerton Bridge. The imposing arches of the Lune Aqueduct are the next landmark. The next two bridges overhead carry a new link road and then the M6, after which you soon get glimpses of fine waterfront houses in Halton. Keep on to a small car park then turn left to cross the river on a narrow iron bridge. The official Cycleway route joins from the east here.

Riverside view of Halton: a few steps from the route but screened by trees

At the time of writing, the cycle path is re-routed around works on the new motorway junction/link road. Normal service may be resumed by the time this edition is published but, if not, the detour is obvious and easy to follow.

CASTLE HILL AND LANCASTER

This hilltop site, commanding the lowest feasible crossing of the River Lune, has been a strategic fortified site since Roman times, and may well have been occupied even earlier. Sporadic excavations, notably in the steep field north-west of the Priory, have yielded some evidence about Roman occupation, but the overall shape of the Roman fort and town is unclear: much must have been destroyed or covered by later buildings, especially the Castle. One small fragment of Roman masonry and the foundations of a bath house can be seen, but they will only excite the most dedicated antiquary.