Walks from Barrow-in-Furness
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Barrow-in-Furness Station.
Alternatively, view walks near Barrow-in-Furness by train.
Barrow-in-Furness to Roose
Largely pavement through Barrow-in-Furness and its docklands, the Dock Museum and the Cavendish Dock seawall.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).
Barrow-in-Furness to Askam
Recommended: A mainly flat walk along an estuary and a dune nature reserve, with the last two miles along the beach.
Coastal: three quarters along the coast.
Sandscale Haws National Nature Reserve (National Trust)
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Last two miles along the beach can sometimes be wet.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Ulverston to Barrow-in-Furness
Recommended: A mixed route, much of it hard-surfaced, along lanes, the coastal A road and a concrete promenade; last part industrial.
Coastal: three quarters along the coast.
Time: 9h (7h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. Stretches alongside the coastal A road.
Walk details: Railwalks.