Walks in Silverdale and Arnside

21 easy walks exploring the AONB

By Brian Evans

ISBN

9781852846282

Availability

Published

16 Jul 2010

Reprinted

3 Dec 2021

Edition

Second

Pages

160

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.20cm

Weight

180g

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The 21 easy day walks in this book will help you explore the Silverdale and Arnside Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with its rugged coastal paths and enchanting woodland trails. There are routes through Leighton Moss (RSPB centre), Dallam Park, Arnside Knott, Hutton Roof and Morecambe Bay that are suitable for all abilities and every season.

Seasons

can be enjoyed throughout the year; spring with its abundant flowers and the colourful displays of autumn are especially rewarding; summer is the busiest time; in winter vast flocks of birds can be seen in Morecambe Bay; the woods provide sheltered walking in strong wind

Centres

the villages of Silverdale, Arnside and Warton have small shops; more facilities are available at Milnthorpe and Carnforth; accommodation in the area is plentiful, including hotels, guest houses, B&B and campsites

Difficulty

most walks on well signed, well-trodden paths, sometimes crossing bare limestone or rough and rooty underfoot; scrambling along the rocky shore requires care to heed the incoming tide, although there are safe high tide options; walks are between 2 and 8 miles but can be easily linked into longer walks

Must See

the best coastal scenery and the highest concentration of woodland paths in NW England; views over Morecambe Bay and the Lakeland fells; densely wooded limestone hills rich in flora and fauna; Warton Crag, Arnside Knott, Farleton Knott, Holme Park Fell and Hutton Roof Crags; Leighton Moss RSPB reserve and several Nature Reserves

ISBN

9781852846282

Availability

Published

16 Jul 2010

Reprinted

3 Dec 2021

Edition

Second

Pages

160

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.20cm

Weight

180g

Overview

A walking guide to the Silverdale and Arnside Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), at the top of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria and Lancashire, overlooking the Lake District. 21 day walks are described between Carnforth, Holme, Milnthorpe and Arnside, climbing wooded hills and limestone escarpments with views of the Lake District fells.

Walks are between 2 and 8 miles in length and visit nature reserves including Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, follow the canal and explore the shoreline. Summits include Wharton Crag, Arnside Knott, Farleton Knott and Hutton Roof Crags. The combinations of rocky coastal scenery, woodland and rough limestone hills either side of the M6 in north Lancashire, make this a paradise for walkers. Routes can easily be linked into longer walks and the extensive network of well walked paths enables walks to be shortened or lengthened at will. The area is renowned for its flora and fauna, its historic buildings and interesting geological features.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Map key

Location of the walks map

Introduction

Geology

Industry through the ages

Wildlife

Walking seasons

Walking on the shore

Walking in the woods and hills

Rock climbing

Getting there

Using this guide

Silverdale and Arnside area

Walk 1 South from Silverdale: Jack Scout, Jenny Brown’s Point and Heald Brow

Walk 2 North from Silverdale: White Creek, Heathwaite and Arnside Tower

Walk 3 Crag Foot, Leighton Hall, Leighton Moss, Woodwell and Heald Brow

Walk 4 Warton Crag

Walk 5 The Pepperpot and Eaves Wood

Walk 6 Eaves Wood, Middlebarrow Quarry, Arnside Tower and the Pepperpot

Walk 7 Hawes Water and Gait Barrows NNR

Walk 8 Gait Barrows NNR, Hawes Water, Hazelslack and Leighton Beck

Walk 9 Cringlebarrow, Deepdale, Leighton Moss and Yealand Hall Allotment

Arnside

Walk 10 Around the shore: Arnside, Far Arnside and Arnside Knott

Walk 11 Arnside Knott from the Silverdale road

Walk 12 Arnside Moss, Hazelslack Tower, Fairy Steps and Sandside Cutting

Walk 13 Dallam Park, Beetham, Fairy Steps and Haverbrack Fell

Walk 14 Beetham, Hale Fell, Slack Head, Fairy Steps and Dallam Park

Farleton Knott, Holme Park Fell and Hutton Roof Crags

Walk 15 Farleton Knott and Holme Park Fell

Walk 16 Hutton Roof Crags

Walk 17 Clawthorpe Fell, Lancelot Clark Storth and Uberash Breast cairns

Walk 18 Dalton Crags and Hutton Roof Crags

The Lancaster to Kendal Canal

Walk 19 Farleton Fell, Clawthorpe and the Lancaster Canal

Walk 20 Levens Park and the River Kent

Walk 21 Tewitfield Locks, Warton Crag, River Keer and the Lancaster Canal

Appendix A Route summary table

Appendix B Linear walks

Appendix C Suggested strolls

Appendix D The Cross Sands Walk

Appendix E Historic buildings in the area

Appendix F Recommended further reading

Appendix G Useful contacts

Maps

The most useful map of the area is the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Outdoor Leisure sheet 7, The English Lakes South Eastern Area, which covers all the area described in this book.

The 1:50,000 Landranger sheet 97 Kendal to Morecambe could also be used. It should be possible easily to follow the walks from the sketch maps in this book, which include the important features for walkers.

Updates

February 2019

Route updates

Walk 4 -Page 52

Permission has expired for the loop to The Brothers and it is no longer accessible to the public.

Walk 12 -

First paragraph: replace Limestone link with Hazelslack as follows “...opposite a junction, a path on the left is signed Hazelslack”.

Jan 2018

Walkers are no longer allowed to use the path north along the crag top

from Fairy Steps.

This affects Walks 12, 13 and 14.

Walk 12. At the base of Fairy Steps use the footpath to go left
below the crags to reach the indicator cairn on Beetham Fell.

Also Walk 12. Note that after prolonged rain Arnside Moss may be
flooded and the path impassable.

Walks 13 and 14. From the top of Fairy Steps either descend the cleft
to gain the path at its base as above, or use the easier alternative
permissive path left to a break in the escarpment and return along its
base to Fairy Steps.

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Brian Evans

Brian Evans, one of the UK’s leading climbers in the 1960s and 70s, has brought his wealth of mountain experience to this guide. He and his wife are well-known figures in the outdoor community and have provided walkers with a number of exceptional guides to exploring the countryside, particularly the English Lakes, on foot. Brian is a member of the Outdoor Writers’ Guild. Brian was a founder of Cicerone Press and is the authority on scrambling in the Lake District.

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