Walk · Cumbria

Conishead Priory woods and the Morecambe Bay shore

Ulverston · LA12 9QQ

1.7MILES

1hON FOOT

25mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 25%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

Conishead Priory free car park, Priory Road (A5087 coast road), Ulverston LA12 9QQ

Parking

Free parking at the priory with toilets on site; the grounds are open dawn to dusk but the gates and cafe follow the centre's own hours

Directions to the start →

Seventy acres of gardens, lake, streams and woodland behind the gothic pile of Conishead Priory on the coast road south of Ulverston, with paths running down through the trees to a quiet shingle and sand shore on Morecambe Bay. The grounds are open from dawn to dusk with free parking, and the Buddhist centre that owns them states that dogs must be kept on lead at all times, with bins provided round the property. Dogs are welcome in the cafe as well as the grounds, and water bowls and towels are put out for them. The centre closes to visitors from mid-July to mid-August for its summer festival, so check before making the trip in high summer.

THE SMALL PRINTThe centre states "dogs must be kept on lead at all times" throughout the grounds. The site closes to visitors from 12 July to 17 August each year for the International Summer Festival.

House rules, decoded

Water bowls

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