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Silloth to the Solway
Grade
Easy to ModerateType
CycleDescription
ROUTE OVERVIEW Start/Finish: Silloth RNLI car park NY 106 536 Distance: 66km (41 miles) Long distance with mild hills. Map: OS Landranger 85 (Carlisle & Solway Firth) This route is flat following the Solway coast from Silloth to Bowness-on-Solway, and the western end of Hadrian's Wall. There are wonderful sea views that pop up surprisingly from behind hedged narrow lanes and once in Bowness look out for Roman masonry in the buildings all around. Pay a visit to St. Michael's Church to rest and read about the history of this area; from Romans to Reivers and Edward I "The Hammer of the Scots". Take a day to fully explore and enjoy this amazing area.
Cycle Waypoints
- 1 NY 106 536 - Start at the Royal National Lifeboat Institute visitor centre and car park on the sea front in Silloth. Leave the car park, turning Left heading towards Silloth town centre.
- 2 NY 109 535 - At T-junction turn Right onto the cobbled main street.
- 3 NY 109 534 - Turn Left following the signs for NCN72 and turn Right again following the cycle signs and the cycleway until it emerges in Bridge View cul-de-sac.
- 4 NY 108 531 - At the end of the Cul-de-Sac turn Right still following NCN72 signs.
- 5 NY 112 526 - Turn Left signed for Aspatria on the B5301.
- 6 NY 116 523 - Take next Left on to the Causeway and continue until the staggered cross roads at the T-junction.
- 7 NY 126 530 - At the T-junction look right, there is another side road joining the main road, take this side road, it is signed NCN72. At the fork in the road keep left and continue to the end.
- 8 NY 139 521 - At the T-junction turn Left, signed for Abbeytown.
- 9 NY 152 523 - At the Cross Road go Straight Ahead, signed for Border.
- 10 NY 166 257 - At the T-junction turn Right, signed for Abbeytown and NCN72.
- 11 NY 172 507 - At the T-junction in Abbeytown, turn Left signed for Wigton and NCN72.
- 12 NY 174 507 - Turn Left in Abbeytown on to Station View; continue past the church and out of Abbeytown, over the Humpback bridge. Follow the road to the left, signed for Newton Arlosh.
- 13 NY 186 520 - Turn Left at the first junction on to a very narrow single track lane, signed Salt Coates, over a Humpback bridge, continue past the pond and continue Straight Ahead.
- 14 NY 192 540 - At T-junction turn Left, signed Kirkbride, and following NCN72 and continue through Newton Arlosh, to Angerton.
- 15 NY 228 570 - At T-junctionturn Left, signed for Whitrigg and NCN72 and cross over the River Wampool Estuary to the T-junction.
- 16 NY 227 578 - At the T-junction turn Right, signed for Bowness-on-Solway, no longer following NCN72.
- 17 NY 231 580 - Turn Left, signed Glasson.
- 18 NY 232 586 - Turn Right, signed Glasson, follow this road over the humpback bridge and into Glasson to a T-junction.
- 19 NY 256 607 - At the T-junction turn Left, signed for Port Carlisle, follow this road through Port Carlisle and Bowness-on-Solway and around, until back at the junction (16 NY 227 578).
- 20 NY 227 578 Turn Right, signed for Kirkbride and retrace the route back to Abbeytown (turn next Right, through Newton Arlosh, turn Right, turn Right and then Right again in the main street of Abbeytown).
- 21 NY 172 507 - In Abbeytown, turn Right signed Brownrigg and continue for 1.5 miles.
- 22 NY 166 527 - Turn Left (unsigned) cycling down the country lane and through farmland.
- 23 NY 152 523 - At Cross Road turn Right, signed for Silloth.
- 24 NY 138 537 - Turn Right signed for Skinburness and follow this road all the way to Skinburness village, following the sea dyke. There are wonderful views of the coast and on a clear day the lowland Scottish hills.
- 25 NY 127 559 - Continue through the village of Skinburness following the road along the coast back into Silloth and the cobbled main street, turning Right to head back to the car park.