Walk · Cumbria

Kingmoor South and North nature reserves

Carlisle · CA3 9QH

3MILES

1h 20mON FOOT

30mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 58%Lane & track 32%Road with traffic 10%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and 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

Kingmoor Road car park, Kingmoor South Local Nature Reserve CA3 9QH

Parking

Free council car park off Kingmoor Road, room for about twenty cars. Busiest on weekend mornings and after school.

Directions to the start →

Two council-run woodland reserves either side of Kingmoor Road on the north edge of the city, joined by the old railway cycleway, and the nearest thing Carlisle has to a proper woodland walk without driving. The southern reserve has a short surfaced accessible loop from the Kingmoor Road car park and then a network of unsurfaced, uneven paths through mixed woodland; the northern reserve is quieter, with benches and the cycleway running the length of it. There is no lead requirement and no exclusion here - the council's only stated dog rule is fouling, and it is a criminal offence not to clean up after your dog, with a fine up to £1,000. Ground gets soft between the two reserves after rain.

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.9124, -2.9468

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.CUMBERLAND.GOV.UK/PARKS-CULTURE-AND-LEISURE/FIND-PARKS-AND-PUBLIC-GARDENS-NEAR-YOU/KINGMOOR-SOUTH-LOCAL-NATURE-RESERVE

Kingmoor South and North nature reserves

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