Best places to ride in Merseyside?

I've just bought a new bike, it's my first road bike! 
I'm looking for some nice places to ride in or around Merseyside. Preferably with some nice scenery.
I'm not against getting the train to go a bit further afield as long as it takes less than an hour to get there.
I'm thinking of joining a club at a later date as I'm sure they'll be able to reveal some nice routes, but I'd rather get a few miles under my belt first.

I'm looking for some nice places to ride in or around Merseyside. Preferably with some nice scenery.
I'm not against getting the train to go a bit further afield as long as it takes less than an hour to get there.
I'm thinking of joining a club at a later date as I'm sure they'll be able to reveal some nice routes, but I'd rather get a few miles under my belt first.
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Best way of getting into your local cycling scene would be to join a friendly club. Must be dozens around Liverpool?
Wirral; plenty of easy 30 mile roads around without being in a city, easy to go further afield into Cheshire or North Wales. Cheshire is rolling and North Wales has more bumps.
Let me know which side of the water and I can link some routes (more so for Wirral outbound)
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look at it on google maps to get an idea
https://www.strava.com/activities/364981840
Shorter version of the linked ride as garmin files
http://douglas.cx/wl/9AugLong.tcx (for garmin 500)
http://douglas.cx/wl/9AugLong.gpx (for 800)
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I don't object to jumping the Ferry over to the Wirral, although I'd probably get the train to save me riding through the city.
I've recently been riding around Crank and up/down Shaley Brow for some climbing experience, next time I'm out I'll incorporate Parbold Hill into the route (I've just seen a vid on YouTube, looks like a nice tough climb!).
I'm planning a metric century soon, I'll probably do that through the Wirral/Chester.
when approaching and going up Parbold hill, as you cross over the rella, take the first left....this is the junction I was on about (B5247 ? I think) stay on this road to Meadows Lane or google Rufford train station for an idea
Yes when I was a kid it was Southport and back too! Just a different route, along the canal from Aintree, then onto the Cheshire Lines, and then along the coast. A nice ride but unfortunately I don't have a cyclocross bike (yet!)
One crazy afternoon I rode to Blackpool along the coast on my MTB with knobbly tyres.(from Southport) I seem to remember that being a nice ride. There and back is a century...