Dog-friendly walks in Broughton in Furness

Duddon Iron Furnace and Swinside stone circle

Seven and a half miles and three and a half hours for 340 metres of climb, out of Broughton's Georgian square to the restored charcoal blast furnace on the Duddon and then up the old lanes to Swinside, the best-preserved stone circle in the county. It starts in the market square at Broughton-in-Furness, where the free parking round the obelisk is the easiest in south Cumbria to find a space in. The lanes and green tracks are quiet enough for a dog to walk off the lead in stretches, and the Duddon gives water for the first two miles, but Swinside sits in a working sheep field reached by a farm track, the second half crosses grazed open fell, and the last mile back is on the unpaved verge of the A595 approach lane.