Walks near Barrow-in-Furness by train
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Ulverston Circular via Conishead Priory (Lancashire)
15 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
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)
30 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
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).
Millom Circular via Millom Park (Cumberland)
30 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
Low fells, wide salt marshes and the Duddon Estuary sea wall, with Millom Park and its open-air geology museum.
Millom Park: A wooded park above Millom with looping paths, optional viewing points and the open-air Rock Park geology museum.
Time: 4h30
Walk details: Visit Lake District / Lakes Line Rail User Group (PDF).
Grange-over-Sands Circular via Eggerslack Wood (Lancashire)
30 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
Hilly woodland circular over the limestone scarp of Paradise Hill above Grange-over-Sands, through Eggerslack Wood and the village of Lindale.
Warnings: Hilly with some wet, grassy paths. A short stretch of the B5271 has no pavement; take care.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Silecroft Circular via Black Combe (Cumberland)
30 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
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).
Arnside Circular via Arnside Knott (Westmorland)
45 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
Wooded climb to the Arnside Knott summit viewpoint over Morecambe Bay and the southern Lakeland fells, then low cliffs and beach.
Arnside Knott: A wooded limestone hill in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB with a plateau summit giving panoramic views over Morecambe Bay and the southern Lake District fells.
Morecambe Bay: A vast tidal bay of intertidal sands and mudflats overlooked from the cliffs and shore around Arnside.
Time: 2h30
Warnings: Coastal section follows tidal shore; check tide times before walking the beach.
Walk details: Northern Railway (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Silverdale Circular via Leighton Moss (Lancashire)
45 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
Moderate circular across the RSPB Leighton Moss reedbed reserve, with limestone pastures, woodland and the neo-Gothic Leighton Hall.
Leighton Moss: An RSPB reedbed reserve near Silverdale with a visitor centre and birdwatching hides.
Leighton Hall: A neo-Gothic country house near Silverdale with a tea room and parkland.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Seascale Circular via Ponsonby Fell (Cumberland)
1 hour direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
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).
Dalton to Ulverston (Lancashire)
15 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
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).
Kents Bank to Grange-over-Sands (Lancashire)
30 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
Hilly walk over limestone uplands and through Eggerslack Wood to the summit of Hampsfell, with wide views over Morecambe Bay.
Hampsfell: A limestone fell above Grange-over-Sands with wide views over Morecambe Bay.
Warnings: Steep climb and a scramble over a wall at the top of Eggerslack Wood; upland ground.
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Silecroft to Bootle (Cumberland)
30 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
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).
Carnforth to Silverdale (Lancashire)
45 minutes direct from Barrow-in-Furness.
Limestone scenery of the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape: lanes, woodland and outcrops, climbing Warton Crag for sweeping views over Morecambe Bay. Rare butterflies, moths and lizards on the crag.
Time: 2h30
Walk details: Discover Bowland (PDF).