Walk · Cumbria

Maryport Coastal Park and Bank End

Maryport · CA15 8AA

2.8MILES

1h 25mON FOOT

55mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 70% 30% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 45%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 30%

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

Maryport promenade car park, off Sea Brows CA15 8AA

Parking

Free parking along the promenade and at Bank End, perhaps eighty spaces in total; fills on warm evenings and when the Solway is flat calm

Directions to the start →

North along the promenade from the sea wall car park onto the grassland of the coastal park at Bank End, then back on the inland path below the Roman fort site. It is short, open and entirely on made surfaces and grass, with the Solway on one side and Criffel across the water, and it is where most of Maryport walks its dogs. The seaward grass is unfenced above a shingle shore, so a dog can get down to the water at several points. Cumberland Council designates Land at Ennerdale Road, at the southern end, as both a dogs-on-lead and a dog exclusion area, so read the signs before crossing the grass there.

THE SMALL PRINTLand at Ennerdale Road, Maryport (CA15 8HN) is listed under Cumberland Council Public Spaces Protection Order (No. 1) 2024 both as a Schedule B dogs-on-lead area and, for its play area, as a Schedule C dog exclusion area. Camp Road (CA15 6JL) and Bank End Cemetery, Allonby Road are also restricted. Breach is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.7180, -3.5030

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.CUMBERLAND.GOV.UK/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/2025-05/APPENDIX%201%20PUBLIC%20SPACE%20PROTECTION%20ORDER.PDF

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