Spike Island Park

Spike Island is a park in Widnes, Halton, North-West England. It is an artificial island between the Sankey Canal and the estuary of the River Mersey containing parkland, woodland, wetlands and footpaths. It is next to the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, an interactive science and technology museum.

Made famous by a Stone Roses concert in 1990 and subsequent film of the same name, Spike Island lies between the Sankey Canal and the Mersey estuary. The man-made island was at the centre of the British chemical industry during the industrial revolution, home to the world's first rail-to-ship dock in 1833 and the first chemical factory in 1848. Since 1975, the island has been regenerated for public recreation with woods, parks and woodland.

new bike path opened that goes under the new Runcorn bridge