Walks you can reach from Millom by train
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Silecroft Circular via Black Combe (Cumberland)
5 minutes direct from Millom.
A shapely coastal peak between sea and mountains, climbing steeply beside Moorgill Beck to Black Combe's summit, with some of the best long-distance views in the country.
Black Combe: A shapely 600m coastal fell between sea and mountains whose summit gives some of the finest long-distance panoramas in the country.
Time: 5h
Warnings: A 15.2km hill walk with around 665m of ascent, fords and open-fell route-finding; the return includes a stretch of the A595.
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Seascale Circular via Ponsonby Fell (Cumberland)
30 minutes direct from Millom.
A long, demanding fell walk to the isolated grassy summit of Ponsonby Fell — an outstanding viewpoint — descending through Blengdale Forest.
Ponsonby Fell: An isolated fell whose elevation gives wide-ranging views including a revealing perspective of Scafell Pike and Scafell.
Time: 7h
Warnings: A long, demanding 22.5km fell walk best suited to experienced hill walkers; open fell, route-finding and over 500m of ascent.
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Ulverston Circular via Conishead Priory (Lancashire)
1 hour direct from Millom.
Circular of minor roads, woodland and the Morecambe Bay shore, past the Gothic-revival Conishead Priory and the Ulverston Canal towpath.
Conishead Priory: A Gothic-revival mansion in woodland on the Morecambe Bay shore, with a terrace cafe.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Cark and Cartmel Circular via Holker Hall (Lancashire)
1 hour direct from Millom.
Hilly circular through conifer plantations and parkland around Holker, on a section of the Cumbria Coastal Way, passing the stately Holker Hall.
Holker Hall: A stately home near Cark with award-winning gardens and a courtyard cafe.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Silecroft to Bootle (Cumberland)
5 minutes direct from Millom.
Linear hill walk over the summit of Black Combe, a shapely coastal peak with a 360-degree panorama, between two Cumbrian Coast stations.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Black Combe: A shapely 600m coastal fell between sea and mountains whose summit gives some of the finest long-distance panoramas in the country.
Time: 4h–8h
Warnings: A 14.5km linear hill walk with around 650m of ascent, multiple fords and open-fell route-finding; not suitable in poor visibility.
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Drigg to Sellafield (Cumberland)
30 minutes direct from Millom.
Mainly level shore and Drigg Dunes Nature Reserve, with views over the Irish Sea to Black Combe.
Drigg Dunes Nature Reserve: A coastal dune nature reserve between Drigg and Seascale with views over the Irish Sea.
Warnings: Drigg is a request stop. Not suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs. Beach section can be cut off by exceptional spring tides; check tide times.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Barrow-in-Furness to Roose (Lancashire)
30 minutes direct from Millom.
Largely pavement through Barrow-in-Furness and its docklands, the Dock Museum and the Cavendish Dock seawall.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
St Bees to Whitehaven (Cumberland)
45 minutes direct from Millom.
Dramatic sandstone clifftops of St Bees Head, with two promontories split by Fleswick Bay, to Whitehaven Harbour — the start of the Coast-to-Coast.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.
St Bees Head: A dramatic sandstone headland of two promontories split by the secluded cove of Fleswick Bay, marking the start of Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast walk.
Time: 4h30–8h30
Warnings: Exposed clifftop paths with steep, undulating sections; take care near cliff edges in windy conditions.
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Dalton to Ulverston (Lancashire)
45 minutes direct from Millom.
Fields and lanes, the two Urswick villages, Urswick Tarn and Elizabethan Swarthmoor Hall with its early Quaker links, between Dalton and Ulverston.
Swarthmoor Hall: An Elizabethan manor near Ulverston with strong early Quaker associations.
Time: 3h–5h30
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Foxfield to Green Road (Lancashire)
8 minutes direct from Millom.
Barrow-in-Furness to Askam (Lancashire)
30 minutes direct from Millom.
Braystones to St Bees (Cumberland)
45 minutes direct from Millom.