Walk · Cumbria

Grubbins Wood and the Arnside foreshore

Arnside · LA5 0BN

2MILES

1h 15mON FOOT

70mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 75%Lane & track 20%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

Arnside sailing club entrance at the west end of the promenade LA5 0BN

Parking

Pay and display on the Arnside promenade and at the station; the promenade spaces go early on fine weekends

Directions to the start →

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.

THE SMALL PRINTCumbria Wildlife Trust publishes the reserve as dogs "On a lead", and warns of steep slopes, steps and steep drops. The foreshore walk from Arnside is "not always accessible at high tide".

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.1965, -2.8484

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.CUMBRIAWILDLIFETRUST.ORG.UK/NATURE-RESERVES/GRUBBINS-WOOD

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