Best walks to or from Wigton

Wigton Station to Carlisle Station

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.

Tough: 23km. Moderate ascents.

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.

Lunch stop: the Ship Inn.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Aspatria Station to Wigton Station

16km. Moderate ascents.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route