Cumbria’s epic coastline stretches around 160km from the Solway Firth
and border with Scotland in the north to Morecambe Bay and Lancashire in
the south. Although lying largely outside the boundaries of the Lake
District National Park, this is a part of the county which merits equal
attention for its scenic beauty, history, flora and rich abundance of
wading birds and rare wildlife.
From sweeping beaches to towering
cliffs, seafaring ports to genteel holiday resorts, wetlands to
limestone pavements, the sheer variety of this intriguing coastal strip
and its immediate hinterland is perfect for walkers of all abilities.
Darren Flint and Donald Greig’s hand-picked selection of 40 coastal and
estuary walks reveals a unique but relatively little known part of a
county that even today still has the capacity to surprise and delight.
List of Walk Locations
Carlisle and the Solway Plain
Carlisle to Rockcliffe - 13.5km
Rockcliffe - 5km
Burgh by Sands - 13km
Finglandrigg Wood - 3km
Drumburgh Moss and Glasson - 11.5 km
Port Carlisle and Bowness-on-Solway - 6km
Bowness and Campfield Marsh - 11.5 km
Kirkbride - 6km
Silloth to Parton
Skinburness and Grune Point - 4.5km
Silloth - 6.5km
Mawbray - 4km
Allonby to Crosscanonby - 11.5km
Crosscanonby to Maryport - 11.5km
Maryport - 6km
Siddick Ponds and Seaton - 7km
Parton and Harrington - 16km
Whitehaven to Millom
Whitehaven - 5.5km
St Bees to Whitehaven - 13km
Egremont - 8.5km
Gosforth - 6.5km
Ravenglass to Muncaster Castle - 10km
Muncaster Fell and Eskdale Green - 15km
Black Combe - 8.5km
Millom and Hodbarrow - 11km
The Furness Peninsula
Broughton-in-Furness - 5km
Foxfield and Duddon Mosses - 5km
Dalton-in-Furness and Furness Abbey - 8km
Barrow to Roa Island - 5km
North Walney - 12km
South Walney - 10.5km
Ulverston Sands and Birkrigg Common - 14.5km
Lowick Common - 9.5km
Cartmel to Arnside
Cartmel - 10.5km
Grange-over-Sands - 8.5km
Whitbarrow - 10.5km
Levens Hall Deer Park - 6km
Holme and Farleton Knott - 11.5km
Beetham and Whin Scar - 8km
Arnside and Blackstone Point - 5.5km
Arnside Knott - 10km