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Walk · Cumbria

Meathop Moss boardwalk

Meathop · LA11 6RE
N 176 YD
0.6MILES
30mON FOOT
5mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
Off-road 100% 0% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 90%Lane & track 10%

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
Track to the Moss off the Meathop road, from the layby on the right-hand side, LA11 6RE LA11 6RE
Parking
Free roadside layby only, space for two or three cars; there is no car park, so a busy Sunday can leave you driving on
Directions to the start →

Half a mile out and back on boardwalk, wood chip and rough path across Cumbria Wildlife Trust's oldest reserve, a raised bog on the neck of land between the Kent estuary and Meathop Fell. Dogs are asked to be on a lead, and there is a hard safety reason as well as a wildlife one: the ground away from the path is very soft, with filled peat cuttings and deep water only feet from the walkway. No permit is needed and the reserve is open all year. Access is on a temporary line while restoration work continues, with permanent walkways planned.

THE SMALL PRINTCumbria Wildlife Trust publishes the reserve as dogs "On a lead". The Trust warns that "the ground away from the path is very soft" with filled holes and deep water, so a loose dog is at real risk here.
REGION · CUMBRIA
GRID · 54.2307, -2.8498
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.CUMBRIAWILDLIFETRUST.ORG.UK/NATURE-RESERVES/MEATHOP-MOSS
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