It has previously started in Birkenhead Park and ended at the Pier Head.

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The 26-mile route started in Birkenhead Park and took runners to New Brighton, through the Queensway Tunnel, along Liverpool Docks and to Princes Park and Sefton Park.

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Birkenhead Park was opened on Easter Monday 5 April 1847 by Lord Morpeth and is regarded by some historians as the world's first public park, and was also one of the UK's first municipal green spaces.

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