Best walk from Barrow-in-Furness
MapJump on a train, get off at Barrow-in-Furness Station and lose yourself in a beautiful hike for the day.
Barrow-in-Furness Station to Dalton Station
A pleasant walk between the two towns with a green interlude in the middle on good footpaths. It opens with a long, gradual uphill pavement walk beside a busy main road, then quiet roads and footpaths through the lush Vale of Nightshade and with a few low railway tunnels. Footpaths can be muddy in spots. Furness Abbey is well worth a visit (English Heritage; restricted opening). The route runs through the Vale of Nightshade.
Easy: 6km, moderate ascents.
Crossing the busy Abbey Road near the abbey is tricky, on an uphill bend with poor visibility; the long pavement walk runs alongside a heavily trafficked road; footpaths can be muddy and lack ramps or low kerbs.
End-of-walk reward: the Brown Cow.