Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill.
Just under five miles and a little over two hours, 90 metres of climb: out of Ravenglass past the Roman bath house, up through Muncaster's woods to the terrace above the estuary and back by the shore. It starts at the Ravenglass village car park by the station, which is free, holds around 60 cars and is served by the Cumbrian Coast railway - the easiest car-free walk on this side of the county. The estuary shore gives a mile of firm sand at low tide and the woodland is shaded and enclosed, but check the tide before you commit to the beach return, the Muncaster estate keeps sheep in the terrace fields, and the last stretch into the village is on the shared road with no pavement.
The railway's cafe on platform one at Ravenglass, doing light meals, snacks, ice cream and hot drinks between trains. The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's own visitor information permits dogs on the lower floor of its station cafes, which here is the whole seating area, and there are water bowls marked "paws for a drink" around the station. Dogs must be on a short lead. It is the obvious first or last stop of a day on the line, and the estuary and the Roman bath house are five minutes' walk away.
A small glamping site of five-metre canvas bell tents pitched in a wooded corner of the seventy-seven acre Muncaster gardens, each sleeping up to four. Two well-behaved dogs are welcome for an additional charge, but the estate is surrounded by working farmland and asks for dogs on a lead at all times on site. Staying here puts the whole garden and the terrace walk on the doorstep, though dogs are still barred from the castle state rooms and the Hawk and Owl Centre. Ravenglass, the estuary and the railway terminus are a mile down the hill.
Self-catering accommodation in the old stable block at Muncaster Castle, a mile above Ravenglass: nine en-suite bedrooms, a bunk room and bell tents sharing a communal kitchen, dining room and lounge. Dogs cost ten pounds each per night, up to two per room, and must be on a lead in all the public areas and never left alone in the bedroom. Staying here does not by itself get a dog into the gardens, which need a dog ticket bought on arrival, and dogs are not allowed in the castle state rooms or the Hawk and Owl Centre at all. The seventy acres of woodland garden and the Esk estuary path are on the doorstep.
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