Walks you can reach from Kents Bank by train

A day hike is just a simple train journey away — plan your next day of green.

Alternatively, view walks directly from Kents Bank.

Cark and Cartmel Circular via Holker Hall (Lancashire)

4 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

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).

Grange-over-Sands Circular via Eggerslack Wood (Lancashire)

4 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

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).

Arnside Circular via Arnside Knott (Westmorland)

9 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

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).

Ulverston Circular via Conishead Priory (Lancashire)

15 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

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).

Silverdale Circular via Leighton Moss (Lancashire)

15 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

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).

Dalton to Ulverston (Lancashire)

15 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

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).

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

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Carnforth to Silverdale (Lancashire)

30 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

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).

Barrow-in-Furness to Roose (Lancashire)

30 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

Largely pavement through Barrow-in-Furness and its docklands, the Dock Museum and the Cavendish Dock seawall.

Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).

Wennington to Carnforth (Lancashire)

30 minutes direct from Kents Bank.

Fields, lanes and canal towpath through the Lune valley, past Loyn Bridge near Gressingham, then over Kellet along the Lancaster Canal into Carnforth.

Time: 5h30

Warnings: Strenuous full-day walk; can be split into shorter legs.

Walk details: Community Rail Lancashire (PDF).