Walk · Cumbria

Brown Robin woods above Grange-over-Sands

Grange Over Sands · LA11 6EG

1.3MILES

55mON FOOT

85mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 88%Lane & track 7%Road with traffic 5%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Layby on Windermere Road, about a kilometre north of the mini-roundabout in Grange-over-Sands LA11 6EG

Parking

Free roadside layby on Windermere Road, room for a handful of cars; the station car park in Grange and the Cumbria Grand are the fallbacks

Directions to the start →

A short, steep waymarked circuit of about a mile and a quarter through the hanging ash and hazel woodland on the limestone shelf directly above Grange, with two small hay meadows opening out near the top and a view down over the Kent estuary sands. Cumbria Wildlife Trust publishes the reserve as dogs on a lead. It is a proper woodland path rather than a stroll, with steps, pedestrian gates and one stile on the way up from the Windermere Road layby, so a big dog will need lifting over that stile. Best in late spring for the bluebells and early purple orchids in the meadows.

THE SMALL PRINTCumbria Wildlife Trust publishes the reserve as dogs "On a lead" throughout. There is one stile on the route from the Windermere Road entrance.

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.2049, -2.9044

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.CUMBRIAWILDLIFETRUST.ORG.UK/NATURE-RESERVES/BROWN-ROBIN

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