Walks from Silverdale
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Silverdale Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Silverdale by train.
Silverdale Circular via Leighton Moss
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).
Carnforth to Silverdale
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: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Discover Bowland (PDF).
Silverdale to Arnside
Recommended: Coastal route with multiple options; a longer line avoiding the busy lanes around the station.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Tides can be dangerous.
Walk details: Railwalks.