Grubbins Wood and the Arnside foreshore

Nine hectares of limestone woodland on the Kent estuary shore between Arnside sailing club and New Barns, reached along half a mile of foreshore from the village. Cumbria Wildlife Trust publishes the reserve as dogs on a lead, which matters because the waymarked path has steep slopes with steps and steep drops in places above the shore. The foreshore approach from Arnside is uneven and is not always passable at high water, so time the walk against the tide and listen for the bore siren. Together the shore and the wood make a two-mile round from the promenade.