Rowrah was part of the historic county of Cumberland until 1974. The majority of Cumberland was within the kingdom of Scotland until 1273 when the signing of the Treaty of York made it part of England. Therefore the towns and villages of this part of Cumberland did not appear in the Domesday Book Formerly the of 1092. London & North Western Railway (To Workington) Arlecdon Rowrah Whitehaven Rowrah to Marron Junction Railway Station Cleator & Workington Junction Rowrah (Dis) Railway Station (From Workington) (Dis) Furness Railway (Dis) (To Barrow) John & children: There is a dog owner issue. The gravel track at Rowrah is good for children! The signs and historical information are not useful Rob: Eight cyclists from Arriva bus This is an important C to C route for scenery, for company near Newcastle. tness, and for meeting local people. NCN 71 P This is our rst time on the route It is a national treasure with spectacular views. apart from one of us. It is There could be more dog bins. fantastic. The views are amazing and it is well maintained. There is Rowrah a nice gentle gradient. It is ideal. Hall We didn’t know there were tracks Winder Brow here or that there were stations. Quarries KEY Bridge Potential B Grassland Project Area (Dis) Viaduct (Outlined Green) Features V Melina and Dave Point of Interest It would be good to have Lapwing AY somewhere to get refreshments. High Leys Prehistoric Feature Skelsceugh Jason: Tree Sparrow AY National Nature Reserve - Natural England Mediaeval Feature 5th to 15th C. I use the tracks every day to walk my dog. I oxeye daisy one of the best species rich Hay Meadow sites in Cumbria Site of Special Scientic Interest (SSSI) 16th to 18th C. Feature walk to Cleator Moor from Frizington or to yellow rattle Rowrah. (Outlined Grey) marsh marigold Scheduled ancient monument - nds from Prehistoric Period Mom used to get the train to Whitehaven. I greater buttery orchid remember her as a passenger and I remember adders tongue fern. Scheduled Ancient Monument - Mediaeval 5th to 15th C. the hustle and bustle. They should bring back the railway track like a little ratty railway. They P Pit could make waxwork models, tourist School Scheduled Ancient Monument -16th to 18th C. Whitehaven attractions, like Blackpool. (Dis) Small Quarry or Mine as indicated Proposed Community Orchard Paley & Austin designed Building B Paley & Austin designed Railway Station Curlew AY Quarry Winder Quarries Building altered refurbished or extended by Paley & Austin (Dis) Kirkland Brow (Dis) Rowrah & Kelton Fell Medieval building altered refurbished or extended by Paley & Austin Even: (To Kelton Fell) B Mineral Railway Folly (Def) An ornamental building with no practical purpose F Directions are the most (Dis) Colin: important thing on the tracks Gunpowder Works & Stores The important things are the directions and points of note. NCN 71 Facilities Parking P It is great to ride with family and friends. It is great to cycle out in Visitor Centres Picnic Site the countryside. It gives you great exercise and loads of fresh air. Public House(s) Bus Route The pathways could be a bit cleaner. Quarry Lodges Potholes Disabled Access Facilities Public Toilets WC John: (Dis) I use the tracks once a month, View Point Garden Centre using my bike and walking. I have Four ladies on horses from Parkside done it for 40 years. You grow up B Winder Ice Cream Van or Shop Cafe or Restaurant Corkickle stables. here so you get used to it. Pit Joseph: We and the horses have been using the Refreshments & Hot Drinks Hotel or B&B I remember the tracks and steam Norman Nicholson has a poem tracks for two years. trains, and lying in the track as a (Dis) Station about the area. Defence There is a website called Cleator Moor, steam train went over me. Tip born and bred. Kenneth Moore (actor who played Winder WW1 Era Defences WW2 Defences The tracks are quiet and away from the (Dis) Douglas Bader) built stables for road. They are busy but that is a good Gill his granddaughter beside the experience for horses. Bikes are good for track and lived there for a number WW1 Defences Modied WW2 The Gardens the horses to experience too. of years. Cold War Monitoring Post There should be more cantering places Grass of Parnassus grows in the for horses. These would be grass places wet valleys towards Ennerdale. It by the side of the path. is the ower on the Cumbrian RECREATION ag. Quad bikes and motorbikes are not Hensingham good. Rock Climbing Site Sylvia: and dog: I use it most days for dog walking and keeping t. Yeat House It is dicult to nd areas that you can let them o Equestrian Centre or Racecourse NCN 71 k the lead. I feel very safe. c Frizington e It was a railway once but I don’t know anything Angling Caravan or Camp Site B else and I would like to nd out more about it. l l Windsurng Kite Surng Yeat It is a great asset. It’s safe, quiet, there are birds, i Cleator & Workington Junction and red squirrels by the station. People put food g Quarry r Sightseeing Flights Available Railway down and bird boxes. e (To Workington) (Dis) I like the wild feel. d (Dis) Paths & Tracks Household n Yeat i Salter Quarry Waste Recycling W Yeathouse Station Woods Eskett Quarries Hall Yeat House Potential (Dis) Public Footpath Centre Coppice Woodland Project Area (Limestone) Quarry (Outlined Green) Favourite Permissive or Open Access Route Red SSSI- Natural England Permissive or Open Access Area Route Gilbert: Squirrel (Outlined Grey) AY There are three railway stations at Frizington: Parkside, Yeathouse, Bridleway and Winder. They closed the rail link in 1980. Limestone from this This locality shows important exposures of Byway quarry was used for smelting processes in Workington. Joseph: Carboniferous Limestone, & in conjunction with The Boilers Cross Lacon G2* There are 2 to 300 iron ore mines between Rowrah and Beckermet. Clints Quarry SSSI provides the best available Cast Iron Pipeline In Yeat House Quarry the pipes redirect Circular Walks from the Track In a narrow collar around the fells. They go 4 ½ miles out to sea. Dinantian sections on the north west edge of the Carrying water course the stream away from the mines. Wheel-headed Longlands at Woodend near Cleator Moore is a subsided mine. Lower Carboniferous Cumbrian Shelf. As such over mine Rheda During the war they tried to take all the ore out. these are of critical importance in studies of early (Der) There are loads of blackberries. Mediaeval Stone Carboniferous palaeogeography. It is a disused quarry and former tip. At Florence mine there is haematite which is used for lipstick. Road & rail Cross Frizington was like a gold rush there were four hotels and four The site shows a variety of clastic & carbonate Park railways. Their were drillers who were searching for the deposit facies ranging in age from Tournaisian & Main Road & Dual Carriageway between 1818 and 1830. No one was here before but then there Arundian, through the Holkerian into the Asbian (possibly 13th C.) Secondary Road were loads of Irishmen in Cleator Moor - all mining and Cornish Stage. The lowest strata rest unconformably on people too. Square stone plinth block has Ordovician Skiddaw Slates. Other Road Drive or Track deep chamfers to all sides with Furness & London North Western The site has a rich fossil faunal assemblage and, in James and dogs: dated sans serif inscription to 2 Railway part, good sedimentary structures. Precise dating Dismantled Railway Line within project area I used to work down the iron Reed Beds: sides: on west CROSS LACON; on End of Mowbray Branch & details of the stratigraphy have yet to be ore mine. Reedmace: Active Railway Line east REMOVED FROM ROADSIDE (Dis) elucidated, which gives the site considerable Often 1911. Monolithic tapering cross potential for further study. I use the tracks every day. We mistakenly Dismantled Railway Line Coastal walk them down the line. called Shafts shaft, with chamfered edges, NCN 71 Bulrush SSSI - Natural England and wheel-head; c4 ft high. The old station could be Jackie : (Dis) National Cycle Network ( NCN) Upper arm missing. cleaned up and some seats put out. B The route is a very valuable resource. It is safe o the roads especially for leisure cyclists. I have used National Cycle Route as numbered NCN 71 various routes along the C to C routes. Woodhouse NCN 72 I take my son in a wheelchair because it is accessible. The access paths could be tarmacked NCN 70 and made accessible. The gravel isn’t good. NCN 69 The heritage should be preserved. There could be things to remind you of what was there. It would RR90 Keekle Frizington be good to hear more about the birds and nature. LOCAL Cable, Kiana, Roger Cjay: LAND We want a playground. The local one is broken. Parks Parkside Heathcli ck Built-up Area We want a big swing. Potential e Audrey and Tommy: B Opened October 1879 Tommy used to work at the Lowca Tower Plant. Heathland Project Area Browneld Site of Wildlife Value On the big rocks there is a lot odf drug taking. (Outlined Green) d We like trying to climb trees and building dens. We come seven times a week. We use it for leisure use R e and Walk to Whitehaven Harbour and back. The Cleator & Workington Junction Railway est. 1876 was given the nickname "Track of the Ironmasters" due to the fact that its primary purpose was to We met in a cycling club in Whitehaven 54 years ago.