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Printed by H&H Reeds Printers Ltd. hhreedsprinters.co.uk Produced by the Community Rail Partnership Walk circular walk Walk to (and ) Walk circular walk Station: St Bees. Stations: Drigg (a request stop), Seascale Station: Ravenglass for Eskdale. Terrain: Steep on the cliff path. and Sellafield. Terrain: Easy, mainly level. 4 Refreshments: Pubs in the village and a beach café. 5 Terrain: Mainly level (not suitable for wheelchairs 6 Refreshments: Ratty Arms on the station, Ravenglass 3 miles 3 miles 21/2 miles and pushchairs from Drigg beach to Seascale). and Eskdale Railway café and in the village. (5km) Map: OS Explorer OL303 1:25000 (5km) (4km) 1 1 Map: OS Explorer OL6 1:25000 1 /2 hours 1 /2 hours Refreshments: Pubs and cafés. 11/4 hours Map: OS Explorer OL6 1:25000 1. From the station go uphill on Main Street. Cross the road onto 1. At Ravenglass station, going northbound, exit at the back of Finkle Street at the Albert Hotel then turn right onto Cross Hill. 1. From Drigg station follow the road by the signal box. the platform and take the path over the bridge (wheelchairs 2. Continue up Main Street past the pubs and Post Office. On the Southbound travellers need to cross the level crossing. and pushchairs will need to go out of the other exit next to left is the West Cumberland Railway Museum. Black Combe is on the left. the Ratty Arms). Going southbound go into the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway (La’al Ratty) and take the path next to 3. Near the top of Main Street at a notice board turn right onto 2. Turn right through the gate onto Drigg Dunes Nature the turntable with the playground on your left. Sea Mill Lane. Reserve. There is a fairly clear path all the way with some 2. Follow the path until it reaches a road. Turn right on the 4. There is a right bend under the railway line. To the left are wooden stakes in places to guide you and good views over signposted Esk Trail and near the caravan site take the footpath 1920s beach bungalows. In front is the Sea Mill foreshore sign. the Irish Sea. to the left of the road. Turn right through the car park. Follow the cliff path across the 3. When you reach a small road coming down to the sea beck, ignoring the footpath sign on the right and take the path 3. Continue to Walls Castle, the Roman bath house with its it is better to walk on the beach, as paths through the interpretation panels. between the beck and the golf course. Ahead is St Bees Head, dunes are indistinct. Exceptional spring tides may mean you the start of the Coast to Coast Walk. 4. Retrace your steps part of the way to the dip by the small cannot walk along the beach – if in doubt try starting from 5. Keep to the cliff top over stiles and leave the path between footbridge and turn left under the railway bridge. This brings Seascale, as this is usually fine even at high tide. For tide you out onto the beach by the River Esk. the Seacote Hotel and the beach shop. Turn right in front of times check www.tidetimes.org.uk the hotel to follow Beach Road. 5. At the bottom of Main Street are panels explaining that 4. You will see Sellafield ahead of you and then Seascale 6. Near the golf club entrance is the junction of Abbey Road to the Ravenglass was a second century Roman port. comes into view. There is a short promenade at Seascale left and Station Road to the right. Opposite is a footpath which 6. Walk up Main Street enjoying the old buildings. At the top, leads to the Priory churchyard – if it is too muddy use Station before the jetty, where you turn inland at the car park turn left to walk over the viaduct beside the railway line and Road instead. to Seascale station. view the village from the other side of the River Esk before 7. Following the path on the left, you come to the Priory Paddock 5. To continue from the jetty take the path between the returning to the station. Wildflower Garden. At the end of the garden to your left is a car park and the sea as far as Sellafield station, a further Don’t forget to explore the La’al Ratty and the Ravenglass & gate into the churchyard. Coming out of the Priory grounds turn two miles (4km). After a mile you get to the point where Eskdale museum. From here the line goes to Dalegarth, about right back onto Main Street to your starting point. the rivers Ehen and Calder reach the sea. The path turns three miles from Hardknott Roman Fort. You can also walk up the inland and over a white painted bridge before following path beside the main road for a mile to Muncaster Castle with a minor road next to the Sellafield site and to the station. its gardens and displays of birds of prey, then back along a path beside the payment booth.

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Walk and Hodbarrow Nature Reserve Walk Green Road Station to -Walk Foxfield Duddon Mosses circular walk circular walk Millom Station Discovery Centre Station: Foxfield. Station: Millom. Station: Green Road (a request stop) or you could Terrain: Short section of road then paths with 7 Terrain: Mainly level, some rough terrain. 8 start the walk from Millom. 9 boardwalks and farm roads which can be boggy in 8 miles 31/2 miles 4 miles places. Only suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs Refreshments: Trackside Café – Millom Station. Terrain: Easy, mainly level (grass). (13km) (5.5km) (6km) by following alternative quiet roads in places. Refreshments: Trackside Café – Millom Station . 3 hours Map: OS Explorer OL6 1:25000 1–2 hours 2 hours Refreshments: Pub opposite station. Map: OS Explorer OL6 1:25000 1. From the southbound platform turn left out of the station Map: OS Explorer OL6 1:25000 and over the bridge. From the northbound platform either 1. Upon leaving the train head east up the lane towards go up the steps near the front of the train, or from the back the . 1. Turn right out of the station onto the A595 and follow it for ¼ mile to the second turning on the right. of the platform, turn right past the supermarket. 2. After 200 yards you will pass over a cattle grid with Low Shaw 2. Follow the lane and go over a bridge. Follow the track to a fork. 2. Go through Market Square. Turn left at the end onto Farm on your left. Continue straight ahead until you reach a St George’s Terrace. At No. 14 is a coffee shop with a plaque wooden gate, go through this and in ten yards you will see a 3. Take the left branch and follow the track past the two cottages above to Norman Nicholson the poet. public footpath sign on top of the grass bank (Cumbrian Coastal to the entrance to Duddon Mosses Nature Reserve. 3. Back at Market Square continue past St George’s Church to Way). Once on the path, turn right and continue straight ahead. 4. A tree-lined track on the left leads along Otter Pool stream and find Norman’s grave. Continue along St George’s Road up 3. You will eventually come to a green bench on your left, then a around the edge of the moss. Take time to explore sections of to the school on your left, then on along Devonshire Road. second bench. At this point you will see the path curving right the two boardwalks that branch off left and right, until you heading into Millom. reach a footpath junction at Bank End Moss. For a shorter walk 4. Pass the Devonshire Hotel and the industrial estate then follow turn back here. the Millom Ironworks LNR sign on the left. There is a small stile 4. You will come to a third green bench, again on your left, with and an interpretation board. a silver gate on your right. Continue straight ahead. 5. Turn right and head along the path for ¼ mile to a footbridge. Cross it and then continue along the narrow, and often damp, 5. Go left and follow the path to a wider path to the right along 5. A fourth green bench can be seen on the right, continue on. path as it turns right then left to reach the road beside the farm the Duddon Estuary. 6. You will then see a gate straight in front of you. Pass through at Waitham Hill. Turn right onto the farm road and follow it over 6. Continue on through the gate labelled ‘Port Millom’ until this and cross the small bridge. Continue to follow the public Angerton Moss. the path reaches the beach. Turn right and there is a line footpath sign. 6. Bear left to the level crossing. Carefully cross the line and of wooden posts with trees to the right. Go through the gate 7. Walk between the two brick walls and you will come to a row of then turn right at the next junction. The road leads along the on your right and immediately through another on the left. terraced houses. Bear right and follow this road to the T-junction, foreshore to the level crossing you passed at the start of the walk. 7. Follow the path to a public footpath sign and turn right. passing the garage on your left and supermarket on your right. 7. Turn left and follow the main road back to the station. The path becomes a paved road leading to Hodbarrow 8. At the T-junction you will see the Bridge Café directly in front of Lake Nature Reserve. Carry on to Haverigg or if you prefer you. Turn right and head across the railway bridge. Once over the a shorter walk, turn right on the footpath beside the road. bridge, turn right and within a few steps you will see Millom Station 8. At a public byway sign, turn right onto Mainsgate Road which and Millom Station Café to your right. Go through to the platform Duddon Mosses leads back to the infant school and left to the station. and to your left is the entrance to the Millom Discovery Centre. Foxfield . Nature Reserve Duddon 4 2 . Green Road Estuary 3 1 2 7 1

. Millom 1 Galloper Pool 6 2 Duddon Angerton 5 Estuary Millom Moss 3 Hotel Marsh 5 4

Duddon Estuary 8 For more information visit: 6 communityrailcumbria.co.uk Haverigg Other useful links: 7 Borwick Rails Hodbarrow 3 Harbour ravenglass-railway.co.uk Lake lakesiderailway.co.uk 4 Hodbarrow Point . golakes.co.uk 5 Millom 6