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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.
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
THE WALKS
Silverdale/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 and the Three Brothers
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
Brian Evans began walking in Silverdale with his parents in the 1940s, while living in nearby Morecambe. He has also trekked, climbed, skied, caved, canoed and, more recently, mountain biked all over the world but always enjoys returning to enjoy the landscapes and wildlife of Silverdale. He lives near Preston with his wife Aileen, his companion on most of the adventures.
