Walks near Whitehaven by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from Whitehaven.
Maryport Circular via the Senhouse Roman Museum (Cumberland)
30 minutes direct from Whitehaven.
Easy-access town and harbour circular: Maritime Museum, coast aquarium, Georgian Fleming Square and the Senhouse Roman Museum (Britain's best Roman-altar collection).
The Senhouse Roman Museum: A clifftop museum at Maryport holding the best collection of Roman altars in Britain.
The Lake District Coast Aquarium: An aquarium on Maryport harbour devoted to the underwater life of Cumbria's seas and coasts.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Workington to Flimby (Cumberland)
15 minutes direct from Whitehaven.
Workington to Maryport (Cumberland)
15 minutes direct from Whitehaven.
An easy, well-waymarked coastal walk following the England Coast Path with no significant gradients. The surface is largely a rough track, with some tarmacked alternatives, footbridges with the odd step and sections where the beach itself becomes the path. Passes under wind turbines along an under-visited stretch of coast. Follows the England Coast Path and National Cycle Route 72 between Maryport and Workington; well waymarked. No gates or stiles.
Coastal: almost all along the coast.
Time: 3h–5h30
Warnings: The beach sections at Flimby can be difficult to walk on; a clearly-waymarked high-tide route alongside the A596 offers easier walking.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Maryport to Aspatria (Cumberland)
30 minutes direct from Whitehaven.
Aspatria to Wigton (Cumberland)
45 minutes direct from Whitehaven.
Wigton to Carlisle (Cumberland)
45 minutes direct from Whitehaven.
A long, mixed route of quiet roads with distant mountain views, field paths beside the River Wampool and Caldew, a final shared tarmac path on the Cumbria Way into Carlisle. Field sections can be wet and muddy; the Wigton-to-Thursby half has serious access problems with blocked and unclear and overgrown paths. The Dalston-to-Carlisle section follows the Cumbria Way and is shared with cyclists.
Time: 6h–12h
1 lunch spot: the Ship Inn
Warnings: The section from Wigton to Thursby has blocked field paths, no clear access through farms, barbed-wire stiles and a stretch with no footpath along the busy A595 verge. Fields by the river can be wet, muddy and churned by cattle.
Walk details: Slow Ways.