Walk · Cumbria

Maryport to Flimby along the shore

Maryport · CA15 8AB

3.6MILES

1h 50mON FOOT

35mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 40%Lane & track 45%Road with traffic 15%

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

Elizabeth Dock, South Quay, Maryport CA15 8AB

Parking

Free parking on South Quay and Marine Road by the marina; busy at weekends when the aquarium is open, and there is more space up on Senhouse Street

Directions to the start →

South from Elizabeth Dock on the shore path between the Cumbrian Coast railway and the Solway, past the old colliery ground to the sea wall at Flimby. It is flat, wide and open, with shingle and firm sand at low water for most of the distance, and it is one of the few walks near Maryport where a dog can be off the lead on a beach for over a mile at a stretch. The railway is fenced but very close in places and there is no shade whatsoever. Return along the shore or take the train back one stop.

THE SMALL PRINTNatural England's published rule for the England Coast Path and its coastal margin is that dogs must be kept under effective control at all times and on a short lead of no more than 2 metres near livestock. The Cumbrian Coast railway runs immediately inland of the shore for the whole route.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.7120, -3.4990

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