Walks from Morecambe

Flat coastal path round Morecambe Bay, open Oxcliffe Levels and seafront promenade, with the industrial Heysham power stations and ferry terminal and Lake District views across the tidal sands.

Time: 2h30

Warnings: Heysham Port has only a few trains a day, timed around the Isle of Man ferry.

Walk details: Community Rail Lancashire (PDF).

Similar walk: Railwalks.

The coast has superb views. A coastal-and-canal walk: about a mile and a half along the well-surfaced Morecambe promenade with views across the bay, then a tidal shore section to Hest Bank (on beach, paths and sea cobbles) and before joining the Lancaster Canal towpath all the way to Carnforth. Towpath is generally degraded tarmac or gravel. Plenty of wildlife on the sands, mudflats and along the towpath.

Waterway: three fifths along the Lancaster Canal.

Time: 3h–5h30

Lunch: A beach café by the level crossing at Hest Bank, plus a pub and shops.

1 end-of-walk reward: the Canal Turn

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk. A short section between the promenade and Hest Bank is below the high-water mark — check tide times; a pavement alongside the main road is the alternative at high tide. The shore can be stony and slippery with seaweed. A railway level crossing at Hest Bank.

Walk details: Slow Ways.